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Grown Up Movie Star

Country: Canada, Language: English, 95 mins

  • Director: Adriana Maggs
  • Writer: Adriana Maggs
  • Producer: Shawn Doyle; Jill Knox-Gosse

CGiii Comment

The opening scene is utterly terrible, some people should not be allowed to act - she's enough to have you reaching for the OFF button.
 
Persevere...thankfully, that 'actress' disappears and is seen only briefly.
 
Adriana Maggs' first film...she certainly throws everything at the screen. Courting controversy is staple independent film food...few manage to pull it off...but, with a supreme performance by Tatiana Maslany...Maggs does it.
 
It's a dark look at humanity...those grimy sexual needs that plague everyone. It's not pleasant but it is accomplished...apart from the opening scene.
 

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The(ir) Blurb...

Grown Up Movie Star tells the story of disgraced NHL star Ray and his precocious daughters Ruby and Rose. Once the town hero, Ray has returned home to Newfoundland from the US following a drug conviction, only to have his wife Lillian leave him for another man and aspirations of stardom. With Lillian gone, Ray flails from woman to woman trying to find a replacement for her, while struggling against a growing awareness of his homosexuality. At loose ends for lack of guidance, Ruby is becoming increasingly curious about her own sexuality and, in a desperate plea for attention, putting herself in increasingly risky situations. Ruby begins spending more and more time with Ray's best friend Stuart, confined to a wheelchair following an accident involving Ray. When Stuart finds himself attracted to Ruby, dangerously motivated by fear and anger, he leads the three of them towards a heartbreaking conclusion.

Cast & Characters

Shawn Doyle as Ray;
Tatiana Maslany as Ruby;
Julia Kennedy as Rose;
Jonny Harris as Stuart;
Andy Jones as Bill;
Mark O'Brien as Will;
Steve Cochrane as James;
Maggie Meyer as Laura;
Mary Lewis as Dara;
Sherry White as Lillian;
Susan Kent as Jennifer;
Sean Panting as Barry;
Sarah Small as Krista;
Joel Thomas Hynes as Chad;
Deidre Gillard-Rowlings as Julie