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31 July 1998 (Finland) morePlot:
Mikko, an exchange student from Finland, arrives in Kansas City. He is expecting to spend a year in... more | add synopsisAwards:
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Ironside | ... | Mike Malone | |
| Mikko Nousiainen | ... | Mikko Vihavainen | |
| Melissa Galianos | ... | Carly Malone | |
| Susan Almgren | ... | Bonnie Bruckner (as Susie Almgren) | |
| Daniel Pilon | ... | Jack Bruckner | |
| Kristen Holden-Ried | ... | Charlie Bruckner (as Kristen Holdenreid) | |
| Mark Camacho | ... | Billy Ossining | |
| Karine Dion | ... | Karen Olsen | |
| Shawn Potter | ... | Tink | |
| Adam MacDonald | ... | Floyd Weaver | |
| Lisa Bronwyn Moore | ... | Roxie | |
| Minor Mustain | ... | Sheriff Creed | |
| Neil Kroetsch | ... | Crawford | |
| Belinda Hum | ... | Anarita | |
| Chip Chuipka | ... | Alex Taggert |
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Wow, this wasn't good. The script is pretty much forgettable with some painfully ridiculous moments. Not to mention the dialog. In fact, this is the most cliché "American" film I've ever seen coming from a European director. I just don't understand why the director would want to make a film like this. American farm life, gun laws, the type of xenophobia the film deals with - not issues that a Finnish director should be concerned with, in my opinion. The universal motives are there, but don't stand a chance to salvage this mess of a script. Thanks to some fine acting by Ironside and a select few others, it's not a total waste of time. Almost, though. I'm not ready to write off the director based on this, but I surely won't be standing in line when his next film premiers.