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Around the Bay

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Around the Bay
Directed byAlejandro Adams
Written byAlejandro Adams
Produced byAlejandro Adams
Marya Murphy
Starring
  • Steve Voldseth
  • Katherine Celio
  • Connor Maselli
CinematographyAlejandro Adams
Christopher Sanborn Taylor
Casey Wilms
Edited byAlejandro Adams
Marya Murphy
Release date
  • 1 March 2008 (2008-03-01) (Cinequest Film Festival)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Around the Bay is a 2008 American drama film directed by Alejandro Adams, starring Steve Voldseth, Katherine Celio, and Connor Maselli.

Cast

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  • Steve Voldseth as Wyatt
  • Katherine Celio as Daisy
  • Connor Maselli as Noah
  • Katherine Darling as Noreen
  • Michael Umansky as Aleksey
  • Bronica DeCarlo as Megan
  • Sherrill Lawrence as Helen
  • Debra Niestat as Polly
  • Katelyn Sacks as The Hairstylist
  • Larry Kitagawa as Alan
  • Valerie Weak as Gloria
  • Bob Skubis as The Jeweler

Release

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The film premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival on 1 March 2008.[1]

Reception

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Richard von Busack of Metro Silicon Valley wrote: "Voldseth's first-rate performance and Adams' direction match the much-praised exposure of soul-barrenness in There Will Be Blood, with none of the attendant melodrama."[2]

Michael Guillen of Screen Anarchy wrote: "In an impressionistic narrative of assembled visual episodes Alejandro Adams articulates the dysfunction of a fractured family with eloquent precision and exact focus. The effect is polished and lapidary, but not without warmth and hope."[3]

Charlie Olsky of IndieWire wrote: "Every single moment of the story rings true, aided by uniformly excellent performances by the unknown cast, particularly Katherine Ceilo as the aimless young protagonist."[4]

Sara Scheiron of Rotten Tomatoes wrote that the film "intelligently plays at the disintegration of family in the face of struggling business in the Silicon Valley."[5]

Dennis Harvey of Variety called the film "bracing", "intimate" and "involving, if not wholly satisfying".[6]

References

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  1. ^ von Busack, Richard. "'Around the Bay' With director Alejandro Adams". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ von Busack, Richard. "Father's Day". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ Guillen, Michael (26 February 2008). "CINEQUEST08—REVIEW of Around the Bay". Screen Anarchy. Archived from the original on 2009-07-26. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  4. ^ Olsky, Charlie (8 March 2008). "FESTIVALS | Going for the Maverick; Cinequest 'Empowers' 18th Edition". IndieWire. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. ^ Scheiron, Sara (30 January 2008). "Alejandro Adam's first feature "Around the Bay"". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  6. ^ Harvey, Dennis (14 March 2008). "Around the Bay". Variety. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
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