Feeling Minnesota (1996)

Director:

Steven Baigelman

Writer (WGA):

Steven Baigelman (written by)

Release Date:

13 September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Just when she met the man of her dreams, along came her husband to ruin everything.

Plot:

An ex-convict and his bumbling crook brother fight for the same woman.

Plot Keywords:

Title Based On Song | Black Comedy | Independent Film

Cast

Keanu Reeves	...	Jjaks Clayton
Cameron Diaz	...	Freddie Clayton
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Sam Clayton
Delroy Lindo	...	Red
Dan Aykroyd	...	Det. Ben Costikyan
Courtney Love	...	Rhonda the Waitress
Drew Desmarais	...	Young Jjaks Clayton
Tuesday Weld	...	Nora Clayton
Aaron Michael Metchik	...	Young Sam Clayton
Russell Konstans	...	Joseph
David Alan Smith	...	Detective Lloyd
Bill Schoppert	...	Minister
Steve Ghizoni	...	Wedding Band Singer
Jack Walsh	...	Bob, at Gas Station
Buffy Sedlachek	...	Gas Station Attendant

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #33839) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:MA | Denmark:16 | France:U | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Fine Line Features

Trivia:

Feeling Minnesota's title was inspired by some lyrics in the Soundgarden song 'Outshined': "I just looked in the mirror/And things ain't looking so good/I'm looking California/And feeling Minnesota"

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene when Jjaks goes back to rescue Freddie and they are driving in the car drinking champagne, her hair keeps moving from in front of her ears to behind her ears during to whole scene.

Quotes:

Jjaks Clayton: You ate my ear. You killed your wife. You framed me for it. And you're mad at me because I lied?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Return to Edge City (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Ring of Fire

Clearly inspired by Tarantino

All of the characters in this film are amoral human scum but yet some of them are likable, particularly Jacks and Freddie, not coincidentally the attractive two in the bunch. The characters and their hijinks are clearly inspired by 'Sir' Quentin. Akroyd proves his versatility while Lindo rehashes his Get Shorty role (he visits it yet again in Heist). Vincent D. appropriately makes his character one of the most smarmiest seen on the screen in recent years. All in all a fairly entertaining flick, 7/10.