Something More | |
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Directed by | Rob W. King |
Written by | Peter Bryant |
Produced by | Maureen MacDonald Kevin DeWalt |
Starring | Michael A. Goorjian Chandra West David Lovgren Tom Cavanagh |
Cinematography | Jon Kranhouse |
Edited by | Doug Forbes |
Music by | Rob Bryanton |
Production companies | Minds Eye Pictures Eighty Seven Bear Images |
Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis First Look Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Something More is a 1999 Canadian comedy film directed by Rob W. King. It stars Michael A. Goorjian, Chandra West, David Lovgren and Jennifer Beals. The film was written by Peter Bryant, and produced by Minds Eye Pictures.
A group of friends in their late 20s play for a church basketball team. Two of them compete for the affections of a woman.
The film was shot in Saskatchewan. [1]
Ken Eisner, writing for Variety , said it was an "amiable, undemanding comedy." [2] Marc Horton of the Edmonton Journal wrote that the dialogue was not believable and that the resolution was too predictable. [3] Liam Lacey of The Globe & Mail wrote "Something More could have been played as an embittered little satire along the lines of About Last Night or Your Friends and Neighbors. As such, it probably would have been a more interesting movie. As it stands, it's really just a commercial calling card -- a way for novice feature director Rob King and the film's Canadian producers to show that they too can create perfectly competent, undemanding diversions." [4]
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