Friday, May 29, 2015

Friday Flashback: Rec. #232: The Daytrippers

I decided to start doing Friday Flashbacks in case you missed some early posts the first time around. You're busy; I understand.


What: Eliza, her parents, her sister, and her sister's fiancĂ© take an impromptu drive into the city to track down Eliza's probably-cheating husband. The cast of dreams includes Hope Davis, Parker Posey, Liev Schreiber, Anne Meara, Stanley Tucci, Marcia Gay Harden, and Campbell Scott.

Comparable to: Ah, the indie movies of the mid-'90s. Remember them? This is one.

Representative quote:
"Maybe she's desperately in love with him."
"Don't be ridiculous. Nobody's desperately in love."

You might not like it if: Carl-the-fiance's description of his novel* flashes you back so hard to your undergrad English lit classmates that you hit your head.

Connections to previous Wreckage: Parker Posey, Queen of '90s Indie, starred in Party Girl (Rec. #141) the year before The Daytrippers came out. Two years later, we got Hope Davis in Next Stop, Wonderland (Rec. #253).


*About a man with a dog's head and no hands --- a Pointer that can't point. Ahem.



[Originally posted 4/30/12.]


R.I.P. Anna Meara. You were swell.

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