Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Big_Bad_LoveBig Bad Love - Wikipedia

    Big Bad Love is a 2001 film directed by Arliss Howard, who co-wrote the script with his brother, James Howard, based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Larry Brown. [1] [2] The story recounts an episode in the life of an alcoholic Vietnam veteran and struggling writer named Leon Barlow, who is played by Arliss Howard , and his ...

    • Arliss Howard
  2. Oct 11, 2001 · Big Bad Love: Directed by Arliss Howard. With Arliss Howard, Debra Winger, Paul Le Mat, Rosanna Arquette. Barlow is a hard-drinking, heavy-smoking, long-haired, and deeply unhappy aspiring writer who pulls a dozen rejection slips out of his mailbox every day while trying to get through his life with some semblance of purpose.

    • (720)
    • Comedy, Drama, Romance
    • Arliss Howard
    • 2001-10-11
  3. Mar 15, 2002 · The movie's basic problem is that it has no distance on Barlow--no way to criticize him. The screenplay, written by Howard and Jim Brown, based on stories by the Mississippi writer Larry Brown, lets Barlow get away with murder. We all have a tendency to go easy on ourselves, and "Big Bad Love" is unaware that its hero is a tiresome jerk.

  4. People also ask

  5. Feb 22, 2002 · Big Bad Love (2001) Big Bad Love (2001) Big Bad Love (2001) Big Bad Love (2001) View more photos Movie Info. Synopsis An investigation into what it takes to make a thing. A chair, a soufflé, a ...

    • (30)
    • Arliss Howard
    • R
    • Arliss Howard
  6. www.metacritic.com › movie › big-bad-loveBig Bad Love - Metacritic

    Feb 22, 2002 · Summary Based on the acclaimed short-story collection by celebrated Mississippi writer Larry Brown, Big Bad Love is a tale of Viet Nam veteran Barlow (Howard) struggling to make fiction from his past, his dreams, and the dim sound of the future bearing down on him. (IFC Films) Comedy. Drama. Romance. Directed By: Arliss Howard.

    • (24)
    • Arliss Howard
    • R
  7. About. Based on the acclaimed short-story collection by celebrated Mississippi writer Larry Brown, “Big Bad Love” is the tale of struggling Mississippi writer Leon Barlow (Arliss Howard) working to make fiction from his past, his dreams, and the dim sound of the future bearing down on him. At the same time, he tries to balance his obsession ...

  8. Oct 11, 2001 · Big Bad Love marked the second screen pairing for husband-and-wife Arliss Howard and Debra Winger; it was also Winger's first screen appearance in six years. Acclaimed songwriter Tom Waits composed the film's original score.

  1. People also search for