Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

I like Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon somewhat, but, this film does not portray, in the least, their acting ability. Really didn't like it.

I didn't remember writing a review, so if i am replacing one, i will soon find out. This film killed some time for me...i watched this alongside Hello Herman in a matter of two weeks while vacationing at jacksonville Beach Florida recently. First of all, the resemblances as to where this film was shot actually looks a lot like Jacksonville Beach Fl.Onto the actual film though, Norman Reedus, who the heck is he? Is he Matts Brother? has he been in the same vicinity for so long that they just KNOW Each other? its obvious that he knows who Naomi Watts character is. There's this scene when he is LOCKED in the bathroom of the gas station that She works at..I totally didn't understand that, its in the first half of the film. This gives you a basic synapses of who these people are, the poverty that they are dealing with, the activities that happen to happen and even a glance at how a bar looks like with a few patrons in it. So, did i like this movie? i guess not. Does it seem a lot like reality? yes...yes it actually does.

I know both Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon look young for their age, but the fact is when this movie was made, in 2013, Matt is close to 50 and Naomi is in her mid-40's! I liked this movie, but I had a real problem with the ages of the actors! Only a couple in their 20's, 30's at the latest, would have these problems!! What were the writers thinking?? I mean, an unplanned pregnancy at her age?? And such financial difficulties?? Homelessness? Living with her Mother? At their age?? Ridiculous! Even with him being disabled. And speaking of that, SURELY he'd be getting a little more money for his disability. I don't know. I love these actors, so I liked the movie for that reason. But their ages really threw me off!!

Laurie Collyer's SUNLIGHT JR. is a quiet meditation on true love and deep struggle. Set against the backdrop of a gritty, urban America, Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon are Missy and Richie, a couple trying to make their way despite a world that will not give them a break. Brave performances and phenomenal chemistry between Watts and Dillon bring a level of tenderness to a relationship unfolding in a world that is anything but tender. Collyer (SHERRYBABY, NUYORICAN DREAM) delivers a potent story about love and how, in a life full of sometimes seemingly insurmountable obstacles, it is truly at the core of what really matters.