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Sex, Death and Bowling
- Director: Ally Walker
- Writer: Ally Walker
- Producer: Joan Bateman; Scott Cowan
CGiii Comment
There's a death, too much bowling and not a sniff of sex...but, that's the least of this film's worries.
The 'direction' is bad...but, when an actor catches the camera...and the director doesn't notice. Then that 'director' is not worth their salt.
Hence...this film appeared and quickly disappeared without trace...
The bizarre aberrations from the story (the animation, the karma scenes) are a complete nonsense.
Apart from the kid, all the performances are blisteringly woeful...as is the writing...all that sentimentality...all those close-ups of Grenier's face...
Enough...a remarkably bad film.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Eli McAllister, our eleven-year-old hero, is on a quest. He is also setting out to win The Fiesta Cup, a local bowling tournament. Joining him is his famous fashion designer uncle, Sean McAllister (Adrian Grenier.) Sean hasn't spent time with his family - specifically his father - for years. But now he has come home to spend time with his older brother, Eli's father. Thrown into the tournament as his ailing brother's substitute, Sean clashes with his father as old wounds are opened. But instead of reliving the past, they pull together to bowl their best for Eli who stands to lose so much. Funny, sweet and soulful - SEX, DEATH AND BOWLING takes us on a journey to learn that the secret to life is loving what you have - even if it is just a split.
Cast & Characters
Selma Blair as Glenn McAllister;
Drea de Matteo as Ana;
Adrian Grenier as Sean McAllister;
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Kim Wells;
Bailey Chase as Rick McAllister;
Drew Powell as Tim Hollister;
Melora Walters as Evie;
Richard Riehle as Father Joe;
Daniel Hugh Kelly as Dick McAllister;
Justin Prentice as Teenage Rick;
Joshua Rush as Eli McAllister;
Erica Gimpel as Shanti;
Hudson Thames as Teenage Sean;
Jeffrey De Serrano as Coach Frank;
Marco James as Teenage John Garcia