Crutch (film)

Crutch
Crutch
Directed by	Rob Moretti
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 drama film written and directed by Rob Moretti.^[1]^[2]

Synopsis

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

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

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

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

External links

[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.

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