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Lonesome Jim is a 2005 American comedy/drama film directed by actor/filmmaker Steve Buscemi. Filmed mostly in the city of Goshen, Indiana, the film stars Casey Affleck as a chronically depressed aspiring writer who moves back into his parents' home after failing to make it in New York City.
Nov 16, 2005 · Jim, a failed writer, moves back to his parents' house in Indiana and faces family and personal struggles. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this 2005 film.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Steve Buscemi
- 2005-11-16
Mar 30, 2006 · Casey Affleck plays a failed writer who returns to his Indiana hometown and faces family troubles and a romance with Liv Tyler. Roger Ebert praises the poetic screenplay by James C. Strouse and the direction by Steve Buscemi, but questions the protagonist's lack of optimism.
Jan 21, 2005 · Lonesome Jim is a 2005 comedy drama directed by Steve Buscemi and starring Casey Affleck and Liv Tyler. It follows a failed writer who returns to his hometown and befriends a local woman after his brother's accident.
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- Steve Buscemi
- R
- Casey Affleck
After failing to find success as a writer in New York City, Jim slinks back to his family's home in the Midwest to lick his wounds. But his visit is quickly complicated when his angst spreads to his brother, Tim, who promptly decides to drive his car straight into a tree.
- Steve Buscemi
- 91 min
- 8
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Jim is a young man who, after deciding he can't make it on his own, moves back to his hometown in Indiana -- under his parents' roof. He's saved from his family's dysfunction by a local woman and her son, who sees him as a father figure.
Nov 16, 2005 · Jim (Casey Affleck) is a chronically glum aspiring novelist who, after a failed two-year sojourn in New York City, has returned home to his parents' home in Goshen, IN. Jim's folks, Don (Seymour Cassel) and Sally (Mary Kay Place), run a ladder factory, a family business Jim wants nothing to do with.
