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Best movie of this year hands down!

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

About 1 hour and 7 minutes into this movie I realized that the story is totally joyless. By that I mean, even when things are going bad in real life, over a series of days and weeks there are a few funny or joyous things that happen anyway. But this movie is joyless. It is a good story, and has a very realistic feel to much of it, except for the non-stop somberness.This is mainly the Kyra Sedgwick show, she produces and stars as Delia Byrd, who had abandoned her abusive husband and two small girls some 12 to 14 years earlier in rural Georgia, to travel and sing with a band. Now, in LA with another young daughter about 12, she decides to go back to Georgia and try to make things right. A very difficult task.SPOILERS. Her real life husband Kevin Bacon plays the rock star that she ran off with, he gets killed at the beginning in a car accident, this is the spark to head back home. She is not well received by the townspeople nor her teen daughters, one which has become a fanatic Christian and the other runs around with guys all night. But Delia's abusive husband (Aidan Quinn) is very sick, dying, she moves into his house and has the daughters join them, the husband dies, Delia makes the first steps at reconciliation with her daughters as the movie ends.Sherilyn Fenn adds a bit of joy and a few smiles as old friend M.T. who now is a mechanic. Old Brit Jackie Burroughs, looking a lot like Lyle Lovett, plays the mean old Grandma Windsor who had been keeping Delia's daughters and had turned them against mom.

I watched the Cavedweller at first after channel surfing with mild interest.Soon the plot captured my attention and became riveting. As a former victim of severe domestic violence (ex now in prison for molesting our son as well) I know what a struggle this woman overcame for the love of her daughters. Like her I had to come to the realization that I would have been killed by my ex husband, as well as my only child if I had stayed and had no other family or support to run to. I commend this character's courage and only wonder if I would have done the same. As the movie essay says the performance of the female cast is very powerful, but I must include that Aiden Quinn also did a spectacular job in this, portraying someone completely against his normal characters. Well Done!

The new film from Lisa Cholodenko (HIGH ART) is slow and uninvolving. A woman (Kyra Sedgwick) returns to Georgia seeking custody of the two daughters she abandoned years ago. She left their abusive father (played by Aidan Quinn), now ailing, for a rock star (Kevin Bacon, thirty seconds worth), with whom she has another daughter. None of the kids like her. Sedgwick smokes a lot, and sits around looking despondent. There are lots of close-ups of her driving, and reflecting on the past, feeling sorry for herself. And, numerous shots of sunsets. But, Cholodenko never decides what to do with any of it. There's no real direction, here -- just a series of depressing moments, with no hope in sight. What a friggin' drag.

I saw `Cavedweller' at the Tribeca Film Festival. I haven't read the book, but this movie is only a small part of the book.Kyra Sedgwick once again proves herself to be a very versatile actress, she's amazing in this movie as her character struggles with her emotions. All three daughters do a wonderful job, but Regan Arnold stands out as the fish-out-of-water youngest daughter, moved suddenly from L.A. to small-town Georgia. Aidan Quinn is very strong in a rather ugly role. Kevin Bacon has a bit part but is wonderful, as always. Jill Scott, in what I believe is her acting debut, is wonderful and provides some needed light-hearted moments in the midst of all the heavy drama. Jackie Burroughs is terrific as the tough-as-nails grandmother.If you want to watch a romantic comedy, then this movie is not the one for you. If you want to watch a solid drama with excellent writing and acting, this movie will leave you more than satisfied.