Carried Away (1996)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Bruno Barreto

Writers (WGA):

Jim Harrison (novel)
Ed Jones (screenplay)

Release Date:

29 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

No love is safe from desire.

Plot:

Joseph Svenden is a middle-aged schoolteacher who lives on a farm with his dying mother. In his simple life there are no excitements...

Plot Keywords:

Mother | Female Nudity | Lolita | Hunting | Footsie Under The Table

Cast

Dennis Hopper	...	Joseph Svenden
Amy Irving	...	Rosealee Henson
Amy Locane	...	Catherine Wheeler
Julie Harris	...	Joseph's Mother
Gary Busey	...	Major Nathan Wheeler
Hal Holbrook	...	Doctor Evans
Christopher Pettiet	...	Robert Henson
Priscilla Pointer	...	Lily Henson
Gail Cronauer	...	Beverly
Alissa Alban	...	School Board Superintendent
E.J. Morris	...	School Board Woman
Joe Stevens	...	School Board Man
Connie Cooper	...	Charlotte
Eleese Lester	...	Marie
Doug Jackson	...	Frank

Also Known As:

Acts of Love (UK)

MPAA:

Rated R for nudity, strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Alphacine)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Mexico:B | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Texas, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Goofs:

Continuity: When Catherine's parents come to Joseph's house, the hall clock reads 8:35. When Catherine shows up just after her parents leave, the same clock now reads 7:35.

Quotes:

Joseph Svenden: What can I say. I'm a bad man. But sometimes it is fun to be bad.

Soundtrack:

SERENADE FOR STRINGS IN E, OP. 22

Make the bad man stop!

One of the worst movies I have ever seen. If it had a few musical numbers, it would beat out Ishtar for worst movie of all time. Ed Wood is smiling somewhere.

This film is NOT a convincing character study, the premise that a 49 year old with arrested development issues is going to have a revitalizing affair with the local sex kitten (who initiates it!!) seems more implausible than the plots of most action films. At least the action films supply devices which we can use to suspend our disbelief. A 17-year old with a penchant for handicapped men still living with their mothers is beyond my ken.

At least I got a laugh out of this movie, Amy Locane's immolation of the horse (a ruse to get Hopper to act as a hero and save it, but his gimpy leg precludes such a possibility) is forever etched in my mind.