Plot
Four Los Angelenos -- a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest, and a stripper -- are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances.
Release Year: 2009
Rating: 6.3/10 (8,097 voted)
Director:
Timothy Linh Bui
Stars: Jessica Biel, Eddie Redmayne, Forest Whitaker
Storyline Angelenos meet on Christmas Eve through chance, tragedy and divine intervention. Velvet Larry is the sleazy owner of the strip club where Rose Johnny dances. Qwerty Doolittle is a mortician who falls in love with her. Randall is the head of a corporate crime organization who tries to convince a former employee not to seek vengeance on his former co-workers. Charlie is a suicidal ex-priest. Lexus is a transsexual prostitute who shares an unexpected bond with the priest.
Writers: Timothy Linh Bui, Timothy Linh Bui
Cast: Jessica Biel
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Rose-Johnny
Eddie Redmayne
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Qwerty Doolittle
Forest Whitaker
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Charlie
Ray Liotta
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Jack Doheny
Lisa Kudrow
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Sally
Patrick Swayze
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Velvet Larry
Kris Kristofferson
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Randall
Alejandro Romero
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Lexus
Sanaa Lathan
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Diana
Chandler Canterbury
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Billy
Jeffery A. Baker
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Slim
(as Jeffery Adam Baker)
Navid Negahban
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Doctor Brooks
Ravi Patel
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Sanjay
Billy Wirth
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David
Don Swayze
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Bouncer
Taglines:
How far would you go to find the love of your life?
Trivia: Jessica Biel got her stripper training at a Gentleman's Club called 4Play in Los Angeles, CA.
Goofs:
Continuity:
Forrest Whitaker relieves himself next to a dumpster in a parking lot, but as he walks away there is no evidence of this.
Quotes: Slim:
If she ain't dead, she'll be out here on Friday night, or at the Geisha Dungeon. Charlie:
Geisha Dungeon? What's that? Slim:
The devil's lair.
User Review
Quite good, despite a few cheesy scenes.
Rating: 8/10
My rating: 7.6
It was better than expected. It definitely reminded me of "Crash" and
especially "The air I breathe" with multiple story's, drama and the
city atmosphere, it has a similar feel to it.
Despite a few REALLY cheesy scenes in the end, it really was
entertaining all the way trough. The acting was good, most noticeable
by the mesmerizing Jessica Biel and the always strong actor Forrest
Whittaker.
Biel has a few nudes scenes in the movie which was done very tasteful
and very sexy ! and if you didn't think much of her before, you most
like will be in love after watching her dance :-). Too bad this is
probably the only thing this movie will be known for, as it lacks
serious promotion and probably will go straight to DVD.
Hope it will do good, just spread the word I guess.
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