Trees Lounge
starring: Eszter Balint, Richard Boes, Mark Boone Junior, Elizabeth Bracco, Michael Buscemi
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent.Release Date: 03/26/2002Run time: 94 minutesRating: R
Amazon.com:
Steve Buscemi, an icon of the independent film world for years, took the opportunity to write, direct, and star in this wistful low-budget gem. He plays Tommy, a Long Island loser who gets tossed from his job as a mechanic for questionable financial antics. He spends his days at a local bar, drinking his life away even as he denies that he's doing any such thing. And when he finally works up the gumption to get a job, he winds up driving an ice-cream truck in his old neighborhood--and getting involved in an inappropriate relationship with his teeny-bopper assistant (Chloe Sevigny), earning the violent enmity of her father (Daniel Baldwin). Low-key in its approach, the film has a sad humor that is both knowing and forgiving, as well as offering one of Buscemi's best performances. --Marshall Fine
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent.Release Date: 03/26/2002Run time: 94 minutesRating: R
Amazon.com:
Steve Buscemi, an icon of the independent film world for years, took the opportunity to write, direct, and star in this wistful low-budget gem. He plays Tommy, a Long Island loser who gets tossed from his job as a mechanic for questionable financial antics. He spends his days at a local bar, drinking his life away even as he denies that he's doing any such thing. And when he finally works up the gumption to get a job, he winds up driving an ice-cream truck in his old neighborhood--and getting involved in an inappropriate relationship with his teeny-bopper assistant (Chloe Sevigny), earning the violent enmity of her father (Daniel Baldwin). Low-key in its approach, the film has a sad humor that is both knowing and forgiving, as well as offering one of Buscemi's best performances. --Marshall Fine
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Customer Reviews
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- A deeply humorous, bleak slice of life..
The title of this finely humble film, Trees Lounge, is the name of a New Jersey bar that acts as thirty something Tommy Basilio's (Steve Buscemi) second home throughout it`s running time. We initially find him hung-over, waking up in the Trees fifteen minutes after last call, demanding a shot of Wild Turkey. Tommy has just been fired, broken up with his pregnant girlfriend of eight years whose now involved with his once friend and former boss Rob (Anthony LaPaglia). Despite unable to keep his own ... Read More
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- What movie were you watching.
And before you Steve fans go for my throat, let me say I have always enjoyed Steve in most of his roles be they independant film or mainstream.But this, is hopeless.I'm suprised the camera man didn't fall asleep filming this mess. It's one of the few movies I returned to the video store without watching the whole thing. Sorry, Steve.
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- Alcoholism invades small town America
Tommy (the amazing Steve Buscemi) is an alcoholic, perhaps not ready to admit it to himself.He lives in a tiny apartment over a local dive named Tree's Lounge.Tommy shows up everyday and knows all the regulars, specifically an old man named Bill who sits in his favorite seat all day, and an elderly couple who come in to gossip and play cards.Tommy has recently lost his job as a mechanic for "borrowing" money from the business for gambling reasons.He's bothering those who still work in the ... Read More
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- The transition from actor to director doesn't always work. Right, Steve?
Good Gosh almighty, watching Tree's Lounge all the way through is in a way like allowing an embittered Croatian nanny rip your back hairs out one at a time, all while she sings the song 'Scarborough Fair' in her festive native tongue. In other words, it's a rough experience.
Okay, so it's not that bad, but it is like hanging out in your garage on a Saturday afternoon, watching your great uncle throw back cold ones while he drones on about politics and the state of the economy. It's not ... Read More
Rating: - Trees Lounge
Good movie! came as expected (new) and arrived in time for christmas- I think I ordered it a couple weeks before.
- A deeply humorous, bleak slice of life..The title of this finely humble film, Trees Lounge, is the name of a New Jersey bar that acts as thirty something Tommy Basilio's (Steve Buscemi) second home throughout it`s running time. We initially find him hung-over, waking up in the Trees fifteen minutes after last call, demanding a shot of Wild Turkey. Tommy has just been fired, broken up with his pregnant girlfriend of eight years whose now involved with his once friend and former boss Rob (Anthony LaPaglia). Despite unable to keep his own ... Read More
- What movie were you watching.And before you Steve fans go for my throat, let me say I have always enjoyed Steve in most of his roles be they independant film or mainstream.But this, is hopeless.I'm suprised the camera man didn't fall asleep filming this mess. It's one of the few movies I returned to the video store without watching the whole thing. Sorry, Steve.
- Alcoholism invades small town AmericaTommy (the amazing Steve Buscemi) is an alcoholic, perhaps not ready to admit it to himself.He lives in a tiny apartment over a local dive named Tree's Lounge.Tommy shows up everyday and knows all the regulars, specifically an old man named Bill who sits in his favorite seat all day, and an elderly couple who come in to gossip and play cards.Tommy has recently lost his job as a mechanic for "borrowing" money from the business for gambling reasons.He's bothering those who still work in the ... Read More
- The transition from actor to director doesn't always work. Right, Steve?Good Gosh almighty, watching Tree's Lounge all the way through is in a way like allowing an embittered Croatian nanny rip your back hairs out one at a time, all while she sings the song 'Scarborough Fair' in her festive native tongue. In other words, it's a rough experience.
Okay, so it's not that bad, but it is like hanging out in your garage on a Saturday afternoon, watching your great uncle throw back cold ones while he drones on about politics and the state of the economy. It's not ... Read More
- Trees LoungeGood movie! came as expected (new) and arrived in time for christmas- I think I ordered it a couple weeks before.
