You Can Count On Me

Because it really took me out of this otherwise terrific indie film. This is the one that made me sit up and notice both Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo and brought a little too close to home my own dysfunctional relationships with my brothers, both of whom I alternately want to throttle and love.

This movie is such a wonderful new age film. Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo give superb performances and have amazing chemistry on screen. The film is touching and true to life. This easily becomes a classic.

Sorry, these characters were just not realistic. The female lead had such a pivotal, out of character moment - when she asks the boss that she can't stand if he'd like to go get a beer. She isn't the beer drinking, sleeping around type, yet suddenly she is doing both. The loser brother has the dumbest look on his face the entire movie, and is such a cartoonish version of who this character should have been.....the part was overplayed. What kind of idiot uses the "F" word around children? The sibling loyalty story could have been told more poignantly without all the shock value episodes.

...loving people for their differentness, not in spite of it. Sounds boring, but this movie is anything but. Not sure how a film like this sneaks though the Hollywood machine, but grateful it did.

This film was entertaining and worth watching, but I wouldn't agree that it is necessarily a proper depiction of 'American' sibling interaction. At least in my experience. I don't know of any siblings that interact in such a way (myself included). Nonetheless, this is a good, dysfunctional, entertaining film. Enjoy!

This movie is brilliant and beautiful. It doesn't pander to middle-American expectations of movies. It presents real, complicated characters in real, complicated situations. No exploding helicopters or pies in the face, just humor and pathos. Highly recommended.

This movie is absolutely refreshing because it's not a Hollywood movie with a Hollywood plot.  It's about real people, their problems and how they deal with them.  I'm still thinking about it several days after I watched it.

An amazing gem of a film. "You Can Count On Me" is an incredible story about loss, familial love, coping with one's own failings, and being alone. The acting is so well done, I was drawn into and held in the story. Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo embody their characters so completely, the actors melt away. Matthew Broderick and Jon Tenney play equally engrosing support roles. The film overall is artful and well-conceived. The soundtrack complements the sometimes whistful, sometimes brutally honest, sometimes playful tone of the whole film. The cinematography Probably one of the most striking elements of Lonergan's movie is how true-to-life the stories maintain. The characters remind us of our own flaws: our inconsistencies (despite our efforts), our floundering attempts to cope with our lot and our failings, wrestling with somehow finding ourselves alone. The remind us of our own desires: to simply be happy, to love and be loved. And in the end, follow our truest sense of direction in life. One of the best movies I've ever seen. THE best film I've ever seen about coping with being in an modern American family.

The characters in this movie are so true to real life, that it is easy to relate and empathize with them. One of the best things about this story, in my opinion, is its honesty. I saw people's selfish choices affecting others in such a brutal and blind way, which is something that couldn't be truer to real life. It can give one great perspective. The 8-year old boy, played by Rory Caulkin, was an important part of this story and he is utterly heart-breaking to watch. They couldn't have had a better cast, and each role no matter the size is of equally great importance to the story. This film was enjoyable, and certainly recommended for anyone who likes eye-opening drama.

when i saw that this movie had such high reviews i was very excited to buy it.....and now i dont know why. i think the plot could have been so much greater and more impactful with its "life lesson" but it really just left me flat. I wouldnt but this movie