The Basket (film)

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The Basket
Directed by Rich Cowan
Written byDon Caron
Rich Cowan
Frank Swoboda
Tessa Swoboda
Produced byRich Cowan
Starring Peter Coyote
Karen Allen
CinematographyDan Heigh
Edited byRich Cowan
Music byDon Caron
Production
company
North by Northwest Entertainment
Release date
  • May 5, 2000 (2000-05-05)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million [1]

The Basket is a 2000 American independent [1] drama film directed by Rich Cowan and starring Peter Coyote and Karen Allen.

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Cast

Release

The film was released on May 5, 2000. [2]

Reception

The film has a 44% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on eighteen reviews. [3]

Robin Rauzi of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a mixed review, writing that "carries it off(...)But the film doggedly remains an ensemble piece." [4]

Stephen Holden of The New York Times gave the film a positive review and wrote that it "avoids succumbing to the preachiness that is the bane of so many family films, and for a movie like this, that's no small feat." [5]

Walter Addiego of the San Francisco Examiner gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The story is worked out schematically in the style of TV movies and Saturday-afternoon specials, but the sincerity of the filmmakers, the generosity of their message and the overall decent performances make partial amends for the hokiness and shortcomings in the plot and characterizations." [6]

Deborah Young of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Screenplay follows the straight and narrow, but producer-director Rich Cowan captures the flavor of the time with help from cinematographer Dan Heigh..." [7]

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