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| director = [[Rob Moretti]]
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'''''Crutch''''' is a 2004 [[autobiographical]] [[coming of age]] film written and directed by Rob Moretti.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10004567-crutch/ rottentomatoes.com], ''Crutch'', Retrieved 12-10-2008</ref><ref>[http://www.phase9.tv/movies/crutch.shtml phase9.tv] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111040028/http://www.phase9.tv/movies/crutch.shtml |date=2007-11-11 }}, ''Crutch'', Retrieved 12-10-2008</ref>
'''''Crutch''''' is a 2004 [[autobiographical]] [[coming-of-age]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] film written and directed by Rob Moretti.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10004567-crutch/ |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |title=Crutch |access-date=June 22, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phase9.tv/movies/crutch.shtml |title=Crutch |website=phase9.tv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111040028/http://www.phase9.tv/movies/crutch.shtml |archive-date=November 11, 2007 |access-date=December 10, 2008}}</ref>


==Synopsis==
==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.
16-year-old David seems to have a normal middle-class life in the suburban world outside New York City. When David's father leaves his alcoholic wife after 17 years, David is forced to become parent to his siblings and caregiver to his alcoholic mother. Theater coach Kenny becomes enamored of David. Overwhelmed by his home situation, David is weakened and falls prey to Kenny's advances, which leads to his own involvement with drugs and alcohol.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*Sylvia Norman as Linda
*Sylvia Norman as Linda
*[[Frankie Faison]] as Jerry
*[[Frankie Faison]] as Jerry
*[[Tia Dionne Hodge]] as Janice
*Tia Dionne Hodge as Janice


==Critical response==
==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."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2004/09/17/movies/17CRUT.html | work=The New York Times| author=Anita Gates | date=2004-09-17 | title=Sixteen and Desperate, With No One to Lend an Ear}}</ref> 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".<ref>[http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Crutch filmcritic.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304004650/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Crutch |date=2010-03-04 }}, A film review by Don Willmott, Retrieved 12-10-2008</ref> Movies Online opines "'CRUTCH' is a captivating and brutally honest look into love, loss, lies and our own dark secrets".<ref>[http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_357.html moviesonline.con] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227200151/http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_357.html |date=2008-12-27 }}, "Crutch A Rob Moretti Film", Retrieved 12-10-2008</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/crutch.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102221131/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/crutch.php|website=dvdverdict.com|title=Review - Crutch|accessdate=2008-12-10|archivedate=2009-01-02|first=Patrick|last=Bromley}}</ref>
Anita Gates of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote: "'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."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/17/arts/movies/film-in-review-crutch.html | work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Anita |last=Gates |date=2004-09-17 |title=FILM IN REVIEW; 'Crutch'}}</ref> Don Willmott of Filmcritic.com wrote, "'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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Crutch |website=filmcritic.com |title=Crutch |last=Willmott |first=Don |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304004650/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Crutch |archive-date=2010-03-04 |url-status=dead |access-date=2008-12-10}}</ref> ''Movies Online'' opined ''Crutch'' "is a captivating and brutally honest look into love, loss, lies and our own dark secrets".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_357.html |title=Crutch A Rob Moretti Film |website=moviesonline.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227200151/http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_357.html |archive-date=2008-12-27 |url-status=dead |access-date=2008-12-10}}</ref> In a negative review, [[DVD Verdict]] opined 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".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/crutch.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102221131/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/crutch.php|website=dvdverdict.com|title=Review - Crutch |access-date=2008-12-10 |archive-date=2009-01-02 |first=Patrick |last=Bromley |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_/ai_n8557762 Marketwire, September 2004, "''Crutch'' acquired by Illuminare"]


==External links==
==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070913105702/http://www.crutchthemovie.com/ Official website]
*{{IMDb title|0422029|Crutch}}
*{{IMDb title|0422029|Crutch}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070913105702/http://www.crutchthemovie.com/ Official Web Site]
*[http://archive.today/2013.02.09-190628/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/crutch/production-details.html ''Crutch''] at [[Yahoo! Movies]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090501000218/http://www.blockbuster.com/movies/crutch.html Crutch] at [[Blockbuster (retailer)|Blockbuster Online]]
*[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808596354/details Yahoo! Movies]
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090501000218/http://www.blockbuster.com/movies/crutch.html Blockbuster online]


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Latest revision as of 00:28, 22 June 2024

Crutch
Directed byRob Moretti
Written byPaul Jacks
Rob Moretti
Produced byMichael Philip Anthony
Rob Moretti
Eric Smith
CinematographyBrian Fass
Edited byJennifer Erickson
Rob Moretti
Music byBen Goldberg
Distributed byArdustry Home Entertainment LLC
HP Releasing
Release date
  • September 17, 2004 (2004-09-17)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

Synopsis[edit]

16-year-old David seems to have a normal middle-class life in the suburban world outside New York City. When David's father leaves his alcoholic wife after 17 years, David is forced to become parent to his siblings and caregiver to his alcoholic mother. Theater coach Kenny becomes enamored of David. Overwhelmed by his home situation, David is weakened and falls prey to Kenny's advances, which leads to his own involvement with drugs and alcohol.

Cast[edit]

  • 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
  • Tia Dionne Hodge as Janice

Critical response[edit]

Anita Gates of The New York Times wrote: "'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 wrote, "'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 opined Crutch "is a captivating and brutally honest look into love, loss, lies and our own dark secrets".[5] In a negative review, DVD Verdict opined 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[edit]

  1. ^ "Crutch". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  2. ^ "Crutch". phase9.tv. Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  3. ^ Gates, Anita (September 17, 2004). "FILM IN REVIEW; 'Crutch'". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Willmott, Don. "Crutch". filmcritic.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  5. ^ "Crutch A Rob Moretti Film". moviesonline.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2008.
  6. ^ Bromley, Patrick. "Review - Crutch". dvdverdict.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2008.

External links[edit]

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