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The Low Life (1996)

Hollywood-bound Yale grad John believes success as a Hollywood writer awaits him. But life has other plans for him. Instead of fame, he finds a slacker existence in which his best prospects are dead-end jobs.

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Title	The Low Life (1996)
Runtime	1 hr. 38 min.
Studio	Gravitas
Genres	Drama
Description	Hollywood-bound Yale grad John believes success as a Hollywood writer awaits him. But life has other plans for him. Instead of fame, he finds a slacker existence in which his best prospects are dead-end jobs.

about 1 month ago

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i am a little puzzled at the cool reception
this movie got.....it was realistic about the struggles of
ordinary people...in la....the clear hero was the sean aston
character...a kind supportive guy surrounded by worldly cynics
in the big city....if he had survived people would have sought him out
rather than taking advantage of him....the main character was aloof and
did fine...in character as the nephew getting bad advice...the tragedy
is that the sean aston character did not survive...if he had he would
have excelled in la...

10 months ago

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This film was good, but could have benn b-e-t-t-e-r. Was the lead actor Rory (John) related to the director or screenwriter,....or onr of the producers? He Was terrible,....thos could have been a primo Indie film,......but Kyra NOT cast as a lead, really put this piece of s**t at risk,......as much as I am not a fan of Sean Aston,......he did an eccellent job in this film,....could not help but feel sorry for him,....just wanted to fit, to belong somewhere,....sooo sad.

11 months ago

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The movie was boring and moving at a slow snail pace.I nearly fail asleep 3 times during this movie.

about 1 year ago

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I was surprised that all the great talents. they had a very tired
bleak, and average life in L.A. Only worse, because there
was all the enthusiasm of a vegetarian working in a meat
market. Not nasty, vulgar, gross, just not even interesting.
No reason, just a trip to a ugly place. Boring,
uninspired drag drag drag. Like have a ticket to any scenic place
in the world, and going to Kansas. You have to wonder why they did
this movie at all.

about 1 year ago

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It was a alright movie.I was a bit disappointed at the end because not a whole lot happened.

about 1 year ago

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This movie which was produced the same year as Swingers is probably closer to the L.A. experience than its much more critically successful doppelganger. It's a bit bleak and may be a bit too dry witted for some as opposed to the uber-hipsterisms of it more "Money" relative. It too is L.A. when you're young ,sensitive, idealistic and broke.Same bar ...same aloof coolness, just more realistic to what's going on for the other 98% of the patrons. Good casting as well, Most of the actors in this film have viable careers today. John Livingston even did both films.It's a great "sh*t" happens when you're trying to find your place in the world from beginning to end film. For the less patient of you give yourself a minute to adjust and you can swing with his film as well.

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