Janie Jones
Breslin...gives a performance of great naturalism and charm, effortlessly carrying a challenging leading role.
-- Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Janie Jones
Ethan Brand (Alessandro Nivola) and his band are on the comeback trail when a former flame (Elisabeth Shue) drops a bomb in his lap: their 13-year-old daughter, Janie Jones (Abigail Breslin). Ethan refuses to believe Janie is his kid, but when her mom suddenly leaves for rehab, the child has no place to go but into the tour bus and on the road with the band. With no inclination toward fatherhood, Ethan continues his hard-living ways, leaving Janie to fend for herself in the dive bars and sleazy motels along the way. As Ethan's self-destructive spiral threatens to destroy his band's future, Janie uses her own surprising musical talents to help guide him down the rocky road to redemption.
Genre
Music,
Drama
Web Site
Runtime
106
Language
English
Director
David M Rosenthal
Cast
Abigail Breslin,
Alessandro Nivola,
Elisabeth Shue,
Peter Stormare,
Frances Fisher,
Frank Whaley,
Joel David Moore
FEATURED REVIEW
Andrew O’Hehir, Salon
When a hulking, bearded road manager played by nifty character actor Peter Stormare comes backstage before a gig to tell mid-level indie-rock frontman Ethan (Alessandro Nivola) something important, the musician insists he share the bad news with the whole band. “We’re a family,” intones Ethan, a ...
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