Talented Joey Lauren Adams wrote and directed this marvelous slice-of-life about a hard, stubborn, unapologetic young woman's journey to finding some self-worth in her quietly turbulent existence; she attempts to get her head in a good place and make peace with the past, but learns it doesn't all come into play overnight. Ashley Judd is just wonderful in the lead: gritty, tremulous, tough, never dumbed-down, she evokes just the right touch of devil-may-care recklessness with a kind of horse-sense which should resonate with a lot of viewers. If you ever come across this theatrical film playing on the Lifetime network, don't be fooled into thinking it's a cable-quickie. Adams puts a lot of thought into her prose (sometimes too much, as the conversations have a tendency to have an already worked-out give and take). The film is flawed, certainly, yet its scattershot hopefulness permeates through, and the performances are rich and memorable. A rewarding character-study, and a small triumph for both creator Adams and star Judd, marking a welcome return to serious acting. *** from ****
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gradyharp12 April 2007COME EARLY MORNING marks the writing and directing debut of Joey Lauren Adams who elects to share a bit of her birthplace atmosphere in Arkansas and while the story is sound and the writing evocative of the personal turmoil of little towns populated by good but bored people, there is nothing new here. But just the opportunity to see gifted actress Ashley Judd strut her stuff is reason enough to watch this little film and makes us wonder where has she been since her 2004 stint in 'De-Lovely'. She is just too fine an actress not to be given more beefy roles.
Lucy Fowler (Judd) lives in a little Arkansas town, a successful contractor with boss Owen Allen (Stacy Keach, another underused fine actor), but a woman without a firm attachment to her fragmented family: her shy and sequestered father (Scott Wilson) has returned to town where he hides in alcohol and steps out only for Holy Roller church services; her grandmothers Doll (Candyce Hinkle) is unstable and keeps to herself and Nana (Diane Ladd) remains in a mutually abusive marriage; and her uncle Tim (Tim Blake Nelson) who is the only stalwart member of the clan. Lucy lives with her friend Kim (Laura Prepon) who understands Lucy's shortcomings: unable to form relationships, Lucy spends her weekends getting drunk at the local tavern and sleeping with anonymous men whom she deserts a dawn.
But things change when Lucy encounters Cal Percell (Jeffrey Donovan) who provides her with the first semblance of normalcy in her relationships with men, a frightening new step she abuses by entering into her drinking mode again. Lucy begins to make changes in her view of her family, her fear of being the mirror image of her father, in her work, and in the way she views men. And the film just trails off leaving us wondering what life will now be like.
Adams has a fine handle on her subject and creates dialog that feels like it should: her election to make such a fine three-dimensional character out of Lucy's father who barely has a line to say is much to her credit (and the strong performance by Scott Wilson!). But in the end it is the pleasure of seeing Ashley Judd in a meaty role that makes the difference. Grady Harp -
wmjaho29 January 20062006 Sundance Film Festival Come Early Morning opens with Lucy (Ashley Judd) waking up in the morning at a hotel in bed with a guy whose name she does not know. We soon learn this is normal for her. Lucy lives in a small town in the south, does a fine job helping oversee construction projects, drives an old pick-up truck, shares a small house with a roommate (Laura Prepon, from That 70's Show), dutifully takes care of her aging relatives, is estranged from her father, regularly visits the one bar in town, drinks a lot and gets sloppy drunk and sleeps with strangers.
The plot is a little predictableLucy meets a guy and he hopes to help her out of this cycle and that proves to be rough on both of them and the relationship almost falls apart but then just before the credits roll they reconcile and I think everyone lives happily ever after.
Written and directed by Joey Lauren Adams (the memorable Alyssa from Chasing Amy), Come Early Morning is a reflection of her Southern Baptist upbringing and was shot in locations that were personal to her. Ashley Judd is excellent in the film and the supporting cast includes such veteran talents as Tim Blake Nelson, Stacy Keach and Diane Ladd, not to mention another southern boy, Ray McKinnon, who plays a local Holy Roller preacher.
While not a great film, it was a warm, entertaining and well-produced movie that told a genuine story about a complex character caught in an ugly rut. It also has a wonderful soundtrack, although it's not clear how much of that will survive when they have to pay for the rights for national release.
Tidbits from the Sundance Q&A: Joey Lauren Adams was frank and refreshing. She said she did the movie because she wasn't getting any good acting opportunities and realized she needed to do something in her life besides hang out. The bar that's featured in the movie is the same one she goes to when she visits her home town, and one of the houses featured is owned by her grandparents, I think. -
emilyBU12 October 2006Saw this at the Chicago Film Festival and it was a great experience. The movie is a glimpse into the life and relationships of Lucy (Ashley Judd). I went in thinking it was going to be very intense and sad (especially after seeing some of the movie stills) and was very pleasantly surprised at the descriptive intense way the complex Lucy was portrayed and the light feel of the movie despite some very unhappy circumstances. I left the movie feeling like I got to know a good person and had some hope - but didn't see Hollywood clichés or forced happily ever afters.
The writer/director Joey Lauren Adams didn't take any shortcuts and quite happily didn't try to make a movie that appealed to everyone. This is a "real" southern town with "real" people. In the after movie question and answer session with Ms. Adams, she said it would be an interesting exercise to re-shoot the entire movie, keeping the dialog, with a man in the lead role. I keep going back to that . I'd love to hear/see/read the different reactions of critics and audiences to the male and female versions of "Lucy". -
Tony4311 November 2006Joey Lauren Admans "Come Early Morning" seems almost like a continuation of the film that made its star, Ashley Judd, famous, Victor Nunez' "Ruby in Paradise." Both pictures are about girls trying to make a life for themselves in small southern towns, but Lucy, the protagonist of "Early Morning" is at least a decade older than Ruby. That is why it seems almost to be the next chapter in Ruby's story.
The decade has not treated the protagonist well. Where as Ruby was a sort of wide eyed innocent, Lucy is now a woman whose journey through life is encumbered by a lot of baggage.
She has problems relating to men on a romantic level, seeing them as either cold and unresponsive like her father or just mean and domineering like some of the other men in her family and the slugs she picks up in local bars.
So, somewhat predictably, when she meets a nice guy, she rejects him enough times that he eventually moves on.
Ashley Judd is such a fine, appealing actress that she keeps you glued to the screen, despite the somewhat predictable plot twists. But there is something about the screenplay which fails, for I never had much faith in her character, who in many ways seemed as emotionally bottled up as her father.
And that's the film's failure. "Ruby" ended on a hopeful note, if for no other reason than that the central character was smart, resourceful and had her whole life ahead of her. "Come Early Morning's" protagonist faces a cloudy future and while the film showed guts in admitting that, it didn't leave you wanting to see more of Lucy the way the earlier film made you want more of Ruby.
Nice try by everyone involved, but it was just too dark a picture in many ways.
One final note. So many films these days have no significant subplot. Lucy had some kind of construction business, but it was so downplayed that in the end, when she takes over the business, we don't exactly know how big an achievement that is, or if it really means more to her than just taking on harder work for no real pay off.
This film could have been more effective had her career or some other aspect of her life been more fully developed so that she faced some real test there as well. Subplots are important in that they give stories and their protagonists depth. And of course, the stakes always need to be higher for the protagonist, to make us care. -
drbill-121 April 2007Ahsley Judd is a remarkable actress--dynamite looks, strong communication skills that include her nonverbal messages, and sex appeal that rocks the screen.
Not only that, she can create and maintain a character with impeccable skill.
However, this film did not take full advantage of her assets. Though the movie seemed to make sense for awhile, in the last fourth of the movie the story became vapid, aimless, and empty.
I can't imagine why an actress with her experience would accept a script that fades into near oblivion.
I would not recommend this movie. I checked it out and hoped to have a pleasant evening watching it, yet the last quadrant of the movie made me wonder why I had watched it for so long. -
unclethedonald7 November 2006Joey shows some great writing flair, make no mistake. But what troubled me for this feature was that it was just chasing itself constantly. While I could easily say it lacked moral fiber, I could also say it treats sex like a handshake- without truly delving into the severe ramifications it brings. I applaud Adams for staying away from the ever popular(so contrived and ridiculous) styling of Sex and the City. I wish it had gone a full turn, instead of taking too long to get to where I wanted it to....It is worth seeing, if only to reflect on one's own misgivings and misconceptions of battling the ultimate battle against ones' self loathing and mindless displacement of blame. I look forward to another run by Adams as I believe she hasn't even scratched the surface of her talents...Judd is solid in her role, though I kept seeing her as Norma Jean throughout, but with a different wardrobe.
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asteroids111124 January 2006I just saw the the movie yesterday at the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City obviously during Sundance. The place was packed. The movie was 97 minutes which I thought was long. The movie kept my attention somewhat (wasn't dozing off) but it was just missing something. No high or low points in the movie. After listening to the Director and finding out that it it has taken 5 years to produce this movie I was shocked. Ashley Judd did an OK job of acting but this movie was about a lady drinker who loved to have sex with no relationship. Thats it. Nothing more. The country music in the movie was good. I would consider buying the soundtrack if there was one. Don't count on it, according to the director.
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WordsNest21 December 2006Ashley Judd gives a remarkable performance in this film but there are lots of other reasons to see it. Indeed, the music is very good, and there is a CD soundtrack (I checked Amazon as soon as I came home).
There are many painful moments as an extended and frayed family tries to talk to each other, or avoid it. It's about being stuck in old patterns and being clueless about making changes, no matter how old the people are.
I know one reason the film got local buzz is because it was filmed here, but as someone who hasn't lived in AR long, I was just an average movie goer looking to see Judd in something that was not a highly charged thriller. Ruby in Paradise (1993) was the first time I ever saw her, and that film about how to survive when no matter what you do doesn't seem enough, showed her talent. Come Early Morning evoked the same feelings.
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Amazingly enough, I knew segments of this film were being shot right down the street from my house here in North Little Rock in 2003, yet never got to see the film when it was released. I finally watched it here at the house this past June weekend.
Although Joey Lauren Adams originally wrote the role of Lucy to play herself, she soon found it harder than she had imagined and got Ashley Judd to play the lead role instead. That was probably a wonderful idea although Ms. Adams is quite a talented actor.
It took me a while to figure out the underlying message in this film, because it is presented in an almost silent and subtle way. One wanting happiness, but never really finding it. "One wanting something good in life, but nothing is worth having" type of message. We find out quite quickly that Lucy (Judd) has a taste for beer and pool halls. She shows us how miserable she really is in life, although she is trying extremely hard to come to grips with her family's skeletons.
We never really get a feel for what the matter was between her and her Papa played by Pat Corley. All that we are able to gather, Lucy's father has moved back from somewhere and we know that Nana (Diane Ladd) has had previous conversations with him without prior knowledge. Diane Ladd is a wonderful actor who has been around in television and film for 52 years and I hope she gets to act as long as she can. We are made to feel a sense of almost desperation in Lucy as she tries to remain impervious to love. When she meets Cal Percell (Jeffrey Donovan) for the first time, we see the sparks fly in both directions, but we somehow know that Lucy can't decide to make anything good stick long enough to her ribs to make a difference.
****************************** SPOILERS ******************************* Lucy struggles to find answers to her tremendous incessant remorse with her punishing habits of getting drunk and tying one on with any man that happens to catch her eye. Cal makes a comment that typically says it all. Cal asks Lucy "When was the last time that you kissed someone sober?" Lucy attends a local church with her father and soon has a meltdown while seeking answers to one of life's most difficult decisions one has to eventually make.
Proper counsel with the very colorful pastor of the Holy Roller Church as it is referred to in the film does Lucy much good. She realizes that she has to forgive, not only others, but herself. The film takes a few disappointing turns toward the end, but still delivers to wrap up the story by easily making us aware that Lucy was about to leave her old ways behind and finally break free from her past so that she can really know what love is. The old adage is so true; before you fall in love, you need to love yourself.
Director Joey Lauren Adams won the Women in Film Crystal Awards Dorothy Arzner Directors Award in 2006 for this film. Additional notice should be mentioned for the role of Uncle Tim (Tim Blake Nelson) and the roommate Kim (Laura Prepon) who both played memorable roles. Laura Prepon grew up in the north, so it was a pleasure to see her play such a wonderfully simple southern beauty.
Thanks to the church and band members, the pastor, and Lyle's Starstudded Honky-Tonk Band. Don't let me forget two biggest guys Lucy loved dearly, Owen Allen (Stacy Keach), and Bob (Ritchie Montgomery).
Joey, I hope you make more films in Arkansas because it's such a wonderful state to be from. Let's not for Grandmother "Doll" (Candyce Hinkle) who had a very small role but did great. Great Job! -
ferguson-627 November 2006Greetings again from the darkness. First time writer and director Joey Lauren Adams is probably best known as Amy in "Chasing Amy". Here she bares her soul in a story based on her life in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The premise of the emotionally absent local girl (a very earth turn by Ashley Judd) who drinks away her pain while sleeping with many a different guy is not necessarily a bad place to start when telling a story of self discovery. What goes wrong here is just the constant cloud of depressing people and scenes. We have no one to pull for (except maybe Kim, played cheerily by Laura Prepon from "That 70's Show") as they all seem to be drowning in a sea of self pity. Perhaps that is Ms. Adams point.
The supporting cast is impressive and solid with Jeffrey Donovan, Diane Ladd, Scott Wilson, Stacy Keach, Tim Blake Nelson and Pat Corley. Sadly, none are really given much to work with as far as script or character development. While, as a writer, Ms. Adams shows little promise, we should not give up just yet on her directorial abilities. She does a nice job of capturing small town U.S.A. -
There are no true jerks in this film, and that's at odds with reality, but otherwise this is an incredibly affecting film about an ordinary woman on the attractive side who frequents the local tavern looking for a quick tumble and one too many drinks. I've somehow met women like this though I'm not sure when and where. But Ashley Judd is so completely convincing and skilled at bringing this woman's story to the screen that I was completely won over. My wife likes her movies, but I've always found them a bit off the mark whenever I've seen one. In this film Joey Lauren Adams has done a truly worthwhile bit of directing and writing in shining a light on a small town story. The audience at Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival where I just saw it on the big screen seemed as appreciative as I was. She was heartily applauded when she came on to describe how this little gem was put together, and I, for one, was glad she was there to gather in the public appreciation. But I would have liked to have seen Ashley Judd too. Joey pointed out that she originally wanted to play the lead, but there's no question in my mind that no one could have nailed it like Ashley did. The supporting actors add spice and depth with quality and economy, but this is Ashley's show, and she does a wonderful job that's kicked her permanently up a few notches in my book. For once I sat through what I consider a chick flick and not only did I not fall asleep but felt truly entertained. Now that's a first, but let's not make a habit of it!
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shari-class31 October 2007I felt that this movies was an enjoyable movie. I feel however that it left you hanging a bit at the end of the movie. I feel that Lucy and cal needed to get together and fall in love. I would of like to see her be more close with her dad and that dog that she was taking care of. I think this move is a part two movie. They need to make another movie and have all the un-left parts reopened. Lucy and Cal needed to end up together and she needed to open up more to her dad. their needs to be a death seen for a bit of sad love opening up in her hart. The roommate also needs to have a roll some how in the movie as well. At the end they need to get marred southern style. I hope that they make another movie and it is better then the first. In all I like the movie but do feel that it needed more to make it a great movie. This is way they need to make another, for the things left UN fished.
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eelranch1 February 2009I can't believe the number of gushing prior comments for this snooze-fest.
Okay, I get the story: a woman whose relationships are negatively affected by the failures of her parents' and grandparents' relationships. A decent enough premise.
The result, however, was dreadful. Stunted dialog, surreal locations, and a near absence of plot add up to 90 minutes of nothing much. I could have more profitably spent my time sleeping.
With the appearance of bottles of Coors Light every few minutes I began to wonder if the brewery was financing the film. But it's not possible. Coors Light commercials have superior story lines. -
JBruce-316 February 2008This film was merely okay. I felt that the main character of Lucy showed very little development... She deals with her emotional problems by sleeping around and that's about it. Also, Lucy seems to be worried about her relationship with her father. It is obviously strained, so she makes small attempts to improve their situation. She seems to be distraught over this bad relationship, and eventually has the chance to confront her father. I won't give anything away, but for what should have been a very climactic scene...things went absolutely nowhere.
Her relationship with her "sort-of boyfriend" also has a lack of development. Nothing, at all, moves along...
While the characters are realistic in terms of personality, life is certainly about learning from mistakes... I strongly feel that you don't participate in this film as the viewer. You don't learn with Lucy, and you certainly don't grow with her in any way. She is fairly one-dimensional.
I like Joey Lauren Adams a lot, especially as an actor. I think that she's incredibly talented and for her first stab at directing, she should be satisfied. It's very hard to direct and it takes years and years to master. I think that Joey should put more time into her screen plays and try to develop her plots as much as possible. Is the film realistic? For the most part it's accurate personalities of people--but it doesn't really go anywhere beyond that. Overall, it's fair. Not a waste of time but not thrilling. I look forward to checking out her future efforts... -
COME EARLY MORNING is not only a marvelous Joey Lauren Adams film, but is something which an audience can empathize with in watching the sun's rays fall upon Ashley Judd as she wakes up next to a man that she has long forgotten from the night before. With early morning, the film is about facing your demons and the truth about yourself and your past.
Ms. Judd nails her character to a "T" and the supporting cast is really wonderful in bringing out her past and more importantly, about what she has attempted to accomplish in her young life in a male world. The film is painful, and yet also joyous, in watching the journey which Judd has taken in gaining self worth, and happiness. The last scene is rich and memorable for a film heavy with pathos, pain and anger.
COME EARLY MORNING brings Ashley Judd front and center in her career as an important and talented actress in American cinema. -
JennyMare28 March 2011I can't understand anyone giving this movie anything but one star. It stinks. It's a tired and overdone plot with a main character who is very hard to care about. I wanted more of the stray dog story. At least that would have given us more to watch. Even Judd's roommate made a more interesting study. The Lucy/Judd character is just plain boring. She drinks. We get it. Coors light. We get it. Please buy it. She poses and plays pool and gets drunk every night. We get it. She drives too fast and she wears the same clothes every day. We get it. She sleeps around with strangers. We get it. She NEVER combs her freakin' hair. We DON'T get it. She is a most unhappy and unlikeable girl. We got it. I won't get the movie, however. I am actually glad I had a free rental here.
Save your dimes and rent Kiss the Girls. At least that was interesting and you cared about Judd's character. And she combed her hair at least once. Sigh -
The DVD box promises us "the best performance of her career," and I'd agree with that 100%. Too bad this fine movie was saddled with a deadly non-commercial title, too bad the DVD is supposedly a "Blockbuster exclusive" which limits its availability. Too bad the summary on the box is dishonest; most likely just because some good movies are hard to describe.
JUDD plays a 30-something woman who often wakes up in a stranger's bed after several-too-many beers in a country music honky tonk. The story is about how she finds her way --- after a few stumbling blocks --- after her sister tells her that getting to know a guy such as his middle name and where he's from isn't so bad.
The marvel of the movie is a screenplay that follows her everyday life in a Southern town without ever resorting to anything but on-the-level events and interactions. Never boring, always involving, this is JUDD'S movie. She's on camera 99% of the running time. This is a brilliant portrait of a woman.
Lots of country music in the background. Good stuff, with lots of heart and sorrow; not the Kenney Chesney-like trash we hear on the radio these days with no tune and nothing lyrics; just loud. Old stuff, new stuff; but good stuff. Amen! -
"Come Early Morning" demonstrates that verisimilitude is not enough to make compelling art. Ashley Judd gives a convincing performance as the aptly named "Loose," or Lucy, a promiscuous, poor, white, Southern high-functioning drunk. She wanders from bar to bar, man to man, bed to bed. She drinks beer. She listens to country music from a juke box. She rides a pickemup truck through Southern fields, trailer parks, junk-filled yards, to storefront church services, and to a swamp for some bullfrog spearing, to be followed by a lunch of bullfrog legs. And that's about all that happens. Don't expect a conventional narrative.
Lucy's father is emotionally unavailable, and he cheated on her mother. That may be the cause of Lucy's emotional dysfunction, or maybe not. The movie never makes clear, and the script's author probably did not know. One does not know if Lucy is the way she is because of a birth defect, or because of a childhood trauma, or because booze has softened her brain and corrupted her soul. We don't know if personal guilt or brain synapses are the root cause of Lucy's unhappiness. We don't know if she should find a good shrink, or AA meeting, or man, or exorcist. This movie's lack of curiosity about what makes Lucy Lucy and where her life story will go after the final, inconclusive frame, alienated this viewer.
What would have made this movie a successful work of art? Oh, how about those timeworn conventions of plot, character development, complication, climax, denouement? Yeah, sure, plot conventions and artistic excellence are old fashioned, but humanity has been making use of them for thousands of years because they make for satisfying art.
Ashley Judd's portrayal of a self-sabotaging, emotionally abusive, unreachable woman is very convincing. Lucy is certainly unlikable. The viewer senses that if she invests in Lucy, Lucy will trash and abandon the viewer just as she trashes and abandons the men she has sex with and then insults and abandons. This movie left me stone cold, and in places it was hard to watch -- saying that makes it sound more interesting than it was. I come away from it feeling it gave me nothing for my investment not new insight, or memorable lines or well played scenes or shots that brought a landscape and culture home to me or anything memorable. -
eva_viva_diva3 May 2007very good movie, added depth to Ashley's acting! hidden gem, Im so glad I came across it! its a little sad, dysfunction in a small town and inside a woman who learns about love, and loving herself. A very real character, that is flawed, Im not sure how it did with awards but I think it was over looked. Its a drama that is focused on relationships in one woman's life. its a very smart movie that you have to think about, not everything is spelled out for you. but I think its not to far out there for most people to understand! I love movies that don't give you a Hollywood ending, this movie is more about people you could know or do. I have watched it 3 times and will again1
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simcost29 November 2006Its one of the best movies Ashley Judd has done. She's very natural and likable in this movie. The movie of in itself is superb. A must see. Congratulations to Ashley Judd. The movie is at its best in that it represents everyday life. There's nothing better than seeing a close true based story. I believe the more natural and heart warming a film is the more people will enjoy seeing it and having it at home. Just like songs. People like to hear true tales that touch people within themselves onto which something they can relate to. In my opinion, the more down to earth a movie and a lead actor gets, the more people want to come to movie theaters. Simple answer.
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Ashley Judd gives an incredible performance as Lucy, a woman who is slowly and painfully trying to discover herself and make sense of her family and their world. She has much to overcome with an uncommunicative, alcoholic father and grandparents who have all endured abusive relationships. This film has such a beautiful and natural rhythm to it. The characters are real and the southern location and ease of life blends perfectly with the film's story and development. You care about these people as their lives unfold in everyday events. It is refreshing to have actors who give "authentic southern" performances. The accents and use of language are genuine . You can feel the southern breeze as Lucy and her roommate sit on the steps of their front porch waiting for something good to happen. The male lead Cal, played by Jeffrey Donovan is a perfect blend of male strength and sweet gentleness. Through his eyes we see Lucy fail and then ultimately succeed.
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petrelet26 December 2021First, a couple cautionary notes: this is a very white and cis/het movie, shot in North Little Rock, in which the biggest cultural divide is between "old country" and "new country" and in which going to an evangelical church with Christian rock on Sunday is a positive thing in people's lives. I understand that this may not have good associations for everyone.
I don't go out looking for movies as culturally vanilla as this as a rule, but it doesn't strike me that this movie goes out of its way to beat you over the head with the Bible. It's actually a pretty realistic movie about a period in the life of a woman who has a productive working life during the day and then tries to fill the void at night with alcohol and whatever she gets from the guys she picks up in the local bar. She hasn't had great relationship models in her life, apparently, and the movie catches her at a time when she is trying to, well, get better.
This setup could easily lead either to a tragic ending or a rom-com ending wrapped up with a Hallmark/GAC movie Christmas bow. SPOILER: it doesn't do either one. Some of the things that might be going somewhere "nice" turn out to leave only memories. On the other hand her arc does bend upward and left me feeling glad that I searched this movie out. -
postmanwhoalwaysringstwice23 April 2007Actress Joey Lauren Adams high-pitched voice turned many viewers away from an otherwise impressive performance in Kevin Smith's modern classic "Chasing Amy". Ten years later she's gathered up a surge of creative energy, passion, and youthful exuberance for the place of her birth with her directorial debut, "Come Early Morning". The film stars Ashley Judd, in a familiar Southern role as seen in strong turns in "Ruby in Paradise" and "Where the Heart is", as a thirty-something woman living in small town Arkansas disconnected from her father and yearning for more than just another one-night stand. It's a quiet independent film about people with real jobs who live in real houses where the refrigerator won't close properly without that extra shove. The film hardly paves any new ground, but it's backed by such genuine emotion that it holds its own quite well.
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is_catholic5 November 2022Come Early Morning is the kind of movie you watch on a boring Saturday afternoon while you are eating hot dogs or folding laundry. There's nothing wrong with that. It's not for everyone, in the same sense that southern lifestyle, culture and customs is not for everyone. The movie will take you there with authenticity that I loved and found intriguing. The plot is simple, and the characters are real. The internal struggle of the main character is one that I think a lot of viewers will be able to relate to. Ashley Judd nails the part with her mannerisms and attitude. How could a movie so seemingly unremarkable leave a lasting impression on me? I think you will ask yourself that same question about this movie. There is a lovable yet unidentifiable quality.