Something More (1999 film)

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Something More
Directed byRob W. King
Written by Peter Bryant
Produced byMaureen MacDonald
Starring Michael A. Goorjian
Chandra West
David Lovgren
Tom Cavanagh
CinematographyJon Kranhouse
Edited byDoug Forbes
Music byRob Bryanton
Production
companies
Minds Eye Entertainment
Eighty Seven Bear Images
Distributed by Alliance Atlantis
Release date
  • September 10, 1999 (1999-09-10)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

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 Entertainment.

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Plot summary

A group of friends in their late 20s play for a church basketball team. Two of them compete for the affections of a woman.

Production

The film was shot in Saskatchewan. [1]

Cast

Reception

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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References

  1. Brownlee, Karen (1999-09-09). "Saskatchewan highlighted in Something More". Moose Jaw Times Herald. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. p. 6 via Proquest.
  2. Eisner, Ken (2000-04-03). "Film Reviews: Santa Barbara in Brief-Rollercoaster". Variety. Vol. 378, no. 7. p. 39 via Proquest.
  3. Horton, Marc (1999-09-10). "Something More would have been nice". Edmonton Journal. p. E3 via Proquest.
  4. Lacey, Liam (1999-09-11). "Something More a lot less than it could be". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario. p. C8 via Proquest.