Lymelife

2008

Comedy / Drama / Romance

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 63% · 106 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 52% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 14881 14.9K

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Director

Derick Martini Photo
Derick Martini

Top cast

Emma Roberts Photo
Emma Roberts as Adrianna Bragg
Kieran Culkin Photo
Kieran Culkin as Jimmy Bartlett
Rory Culkin Photo
Rory Culkin as Scott Bartlett
Alec Baldwin Photo
Alec Baldwin as Mickey Bartlett
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866.47 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
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1.74 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Prismark10 6 / 10

Coming of age in Long Island

Lymelife is a low budget independent film that has come through the Sundance Lab. Although it was quickly shot with a very low budget you would not think it with its cast that includes Oscar winner, Timothy Hutton.The film is set in Long Island of the late 1970s although the year is not specified. It focuses on Scott (Rory Culkin) a teenage dork, into Star Wars and gets bullied. He is attracted to Adrianna (Emma Roberts) who is maturing into womanhood and attracting male attention.His older brother (Kieran Culkin) who has beefed up in the army takes care of the bullies but his arrival brings into open some family strain. Dad (Alec Baldwin) wants to hit the big time with real estate, he is a womaniser while their mom does not share the dream.Adrianna's dad (Timothy Hutton) is struck down by Lyme's disease and life takes a downward spiral as he realises his wife is cheating and of course he is the one who goes with a shotgun to hunt for deer. Oh dear, this might not end well.This is a coming of age drama from first time writer/directors. Some of the time setting is a bit shaky, The Falklands Conflict took place in 1982 and there was no danger of the USA being involved. Rory gives a warm performance of teenage angst and confusion ably supported by Emma Roberts and the older actors.I suppose the ending is slightly signposted but its a good slice of life drama.
Reviewed by vince_cadena 8 / 10

Excellent debut film and the first great film of this year.

Reviewed by cjhagen44 8 / 10

You didn't bother to ask.

Lymelife is the story of a family in Long Island's suburbia during the 1970's. This movie shows us how half truths and the exclusion of detail are in fact lies and even though we don't mean them to hurt they still do. The father (Alec Baldwin) is so enraptured by the suburbia lifestyle that he's completely forgotten that it's not money that makes you happy, but family. The mother who only wants the best for her children doesn't want to raise them in this judgmental place where she can't be herself. The brother, Jimmy, (Kieran Culkin) has a typical relationship with his father where he wants to be the exact opposite of him and does so by joining the army and running away. Rory Culkin does an exquisite job starring as Scott, the main character, who is the only one who is trying to put things into perspective for everyone else whilst going through puberty and fighting his insatiable love for the girl next door who sees him as a little brother. Although all of their problems seem trivial compared to their neighbor who has lyme disease that is like a constant acid trip and is ruining his life. All in all I would highly recommend seeing this movie because as depressing as I've made it sound it is in fact quite lifting and a great piece of cinema.
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