Crutch (film)

Crutch
Crutch
Directed by
Written by	Paul Jacks; Rob Moretti
Produced by	Michael Philip Anthony; Rob Moretti; Eric Smith
Cinematography	Brian Fass
Edited by	Jennifer Erickson; Rob Moretti
Music by	Ben Goldberg
Distributed by	Ardustry Home Entertainment LLC; HP Releasing
Release date	September 17, 2004;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Crutch is a 2004 autobiographical coming of age film written and directed by Rob Moretti.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis[]

Young David (Eben Gordon) seems to have a normal middle-class life in the suburban world outside New York City. When David's father (James A. Earley) leaves his alcoholic wife (Juanita Walsh) after 17 years, David is forced to become parent to his siblings and caregiver to his alcoholic mother. Theater coach Kenny (Rob Moretti) becomes enamoured of David. Overwhelmed by his home situation, David is weakened and falls prey to the taboo. Giving in to Kenny's advances, David becomes involved with drugs and alcohol.

Cast[]

Eben Gordon as David Graham
Rob Moretti as Kenny Griffith
Juanita Walsh as Katie Graham
Jennifer Laine Williams as Julia
Jennifer Katz as Maryann
James A. Earley as Jack Graham
Robert Bray as Michael Graham
Laura O'Reilly as Lisa Graham
Tim Loftus as Zack
Sylvia Norman as Linda
Frankie Faison as Jerry
as Janice

Critical response[]

Anita Gates of The New York Times writes "'Crutch' doesn't have the texture or power of "Blue Car," Karen Moncrieff's 2002 film with Agnes Bruckner as the neglected, emotionally needy teenager and David Strathairn as the high school poetry teacher who takes advantage ... [it] does sound a note of real anguish, however."^[3] Don Willmott of Filmcritic.com writes "'Crutch' comes across as an extremely personal exorcism of Moretti's suburban gothic adolescence, for better and for worse. Like the scribblings in a teenager's diary, the film vacillates between insight and exaggeration".^[4] Movies Online opines "'CRUTCH' is a captivating and brutally honest look into love, loss, lies and our own dark secrets".^[5] However, on the negative side, DVD Verdict opines that "Rob Moretti's Crutch is the kind of film I feel bad for not liking. It's awfully sincere, and, darn it, everyone involved tries real hard, but the movie still comes up short".^[6]

References[]

^ rottentomatoes.com, Crutch, Retrieved 12-10-2008
^ phase9.tv Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, Crutch, Retrieved 12-10-2008
^ Anita Gates (2004-09-17). "Sixteen and Desperate, With No One to Lend an Ear". The New York Times.
^ filmcritic.com Archived 2010-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, A film review by Don Willmott, Retrieved 12-10-2008
^ moviesonline.con Archived 2008-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, "Crutch A Rob Moretti Film", Retrieved 12-10-2008
^ Bromley, Patrick. "Review - Crutch". dvdverdict.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2008-12-10.

External links[]

[1] rottentomatoes.com, Crutch, Retrieved 12-10-2008

[2] se9.tv Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, Crutch, Retrieved 12-10-2008

[3] Anita Gates (2004-09-17). "Sixteen and Desperate, With No One to Lend an Ear". The New York Times.

[4] ritic.com Archived 2010-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, A film review by Don Willmott, Retrieved 12-10-2008

[5] viesonline.con Archived 2008-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, "Crutch A Rob Moretti Film", Retrieved 12-10-2008

[6] Bromley, Patrick. "Review - Crutch". dvdverdict.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2008-12-10.

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