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Kelly & Cal (2014)

March. 07,2014
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6.2
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R
| Drama Comedy

Punk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly, is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn’t yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been dealt. When the two strike up an unlikely friendship, it's the perfect spark needed to thrust them both back to life.

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Ehirerapp
2014/03/07

Waste of time

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RipDelight
2014/03/08

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

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Tobias Burrows
2014/03/09

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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Fatma Suarez
2014/03/10

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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e-96997
2014/03/11

An excellent "little" movie. The story of a friendship between a new mother and a young neighbor in a wheelchair. The trailer gives a much brighter image than it actually is. And it's better than the trailer. It gives a bittersweet atmosphere all along that takes guts. A film that speaks to young parents, first love, the passing of time, the mourning to do. Simple and touching.

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MovieHoliks
2014/03/12

I just saw this off Showtime, and LOVE LOVE this movie! Juliette Lewis is very sexy in this, letting her age show for the first time on film. She plays a former lead singer of an all-female punk rock group now taking up life in the suburbs as a new mom and wife. Josh Hopkins ("CougarTown") plays her hubbie who is stuck at the office all day, leaving her to start hanging out with the next door high school wheelchair-bound teen, played excellently by newcomer Jonny Weston. Their relationship starts to evolve into something more as events happen, and wow!- there are some scenes in this that blew my mind! This film is sorta the reverse of all those May-December romances between an older leading man and younger actress there have been over the years- "Lost In Translation", "My First Mister", "ShopGirl", etc.. Big thumbs up for this one!.......

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ugi-supriatna
2014/03/13

"Kelly and Cal" is mature-exploration drama with satire comedy and forbidden-and-hidden romance. First question, is this family genre like being noted in many film website? Definitely, not! In first 15 minutes, this film has promising opening, In the middle, when relationship between the older woman (Kelly) and the younger man (Cal) starts weaving, please, It almost disgust me, but thank God, in last 30 minutes it turns out to be it should be. This film has a good and authentic message for you, a new-turned mother, to keep behave. And in this film, it's a real show. But it wouldn't be good if Juliette Lewis and Jonny Weston didn't do their best in this movie.

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bloodclay
2014/03/14

"Kelly and Cal" is one of those movies that starts out in an amazing way. We get to know our main character, Kelly, who is fresh from having a baby only six weeks earlier with her husband and is feeling exhausted and overworked. In comes the hilarious, handicapped teenager living next door who serves as the antidote to all her problems. They have laughs, drink beer, and start to build a relationship that is more meaningful than anything either of them have had in a long time. But though it starts off well (maybe even excellent) it soon deteriorates in a slow decline that ends when the credits roll. And the disappointment wouldn't mean much if the film hadn't given you a taste of what it could've been, but unfortunately, it does. Some of the best scenes at the beginning include the two of them bullshitting and having a great time talking about their problems, and nothing more than that. All either of them needs is a friend or simply just someone to talk to. But the movie turns into something it shouldn't be, something that's extremely cliché and never needed to happen, a romance. Just like so many other films, we see them start to connect and their forbidden relationship ensues. She has a husband and a baby, he's under 18, I think you can see what's coming. And frankly, it doesn't work. It tries to become emotional, possibly pulling at your heartstrings, but by the time that happens you could care less. There's so many moments when I was cursing under my breath hoping that the movie wouldn't go down the road it does. And what's even worse, the two leads are great together. Juliette Lewis (Kelly) and Jonny Weston (Cal) have so much potential that is wasted, and try their hardest to work with the been-there- done-that material, but even they can't save the film. It's a huge letdown, and one that stung.

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