While not as kinky, dark, or schizoid as debuting director/screenwriter Michael Medeiros intends, Tiger Lily Road succeeds on its own small, claustrophobic level. Medeiros is a longtime character actor, and it shows: His two stars, Ilvi Dulack and Karen Chamberlain, playing middle-aged, sex-starved small-town women, have a juicy, simmering rapport. And there are enough evocative winter scenes to subvert the story's potential staginess. The plot is dopey and farfetched: Wallflower Annie (Dulack) and hellcat Louise (Chamberlain), jilted by the same man, take out their frustrations on that man's accidental murderer (Tom Pelphrey), a young, handsome delinquent they impulsively decide to hold hostage. It's Misery with more lingerie and no mallets (yes, there's even a b...
- 10/22/2014
- Village Voice
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