SummaryPunk-rocker turned suburban mom, Kelly (Juliette Lewis), is nostalgic for a life she can no longer have and uncertain of a future she doesn't yet fit in. Seventeen-year-old Cal (Jonny Weston) is frustrated at his lack of control over the hand he's been dealt. When the two strike up an unlikely friendship, it's the perfect spark needed to thrust t... Read More
Directed By:Jen McGowan
Written By:Amy Lowe Starbin
Kelly & Cal
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
64
53% Positive
8 Reviews
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40% Mixed
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7% Negative
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1 Review
Sep 3, 2014
100
The biggest takeaway from Kelly & Cal, a wonderfully honest and tender film about the bitter pill of adulthood, is Hollywood's criminal underuse of Juliette Lewis.
Aug 22, 2014
80
It's a film that takes its characters and their crises seriously, allowing them to fully explore their situation before providing them (and the audience) a genuine roadmap for finding their way through.
Sep 4, 2014
70
The performances of Ms. Lewis and Mr. Weston crackle with authenticity. Like a good punk-rock song, this bracingly honest, tough-minded vignette stays true to itself.
Sep 27, 2014
63
It’s easy to see how an unhappy transition to suburban mommyhood might be enough to unhinge any self-respecting former punk rocker but, even so, it’s a little hard to take the angst-ridden mid-life shenanigans in Kelly & Cal seriously.
Sep 4, 2014
60
The picture would go nowhere without the friendly chemistry between Lewis and costar Jonny Weston, as the wheelchair-bound high schooler who charms her. If young mothers had any time to go to movies, this one might draw them in droves.
Sep 1, 2014
38
A romantic drama complicated by a stroller and a wheelchair, and its first mistake is in assuming some kind of equity between the two vehicles.
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Sep 13, 2014
7
"Kelly and Cal" is mature-exploration drama with satire comedy and forbidden-and-hidden romance. First question, is this family genre like being noted in many film website? Definitely, not! In first 15 minutes, this film has promising opening, In the middle, when relationship between the older woman (Kelly) and the younger man (Cal) starts weaving, please, It almost disgust me, but thank God, in last 30 minutes it turns out to be it should be. This film has a good and authentic message for you, a new-turned mother, to keep behave. And in this film, it's a real show. But it wouldn't be good if Juliette Lewis and Jonny Weston didn't do their best in this movie.
Jan 3, 2015
6
It's an odd little film about infatuation, infidelity and postpartum depression. One can't help but compare this to other teen boy/older woman films ("The Graduate" "My Tutor" "Clément") but "Kelly & Cal" doesn't follow any formula with which I am familiar. It is an interesting look at how the loss of something precious, be it one's youthful self or the use of one's limbs, can cause a period of mourning. I give high marks for the genuine chemistry between the leads. There are truly funny moments in this film and a smidgen of heartfelt emotion but, on the whole, it's just there. I was entertained but not overwhelmed.
Production Company:
- Spring Pictures
- Mad Dog Pictures
- Mountaintop Productions
Release Date:Sep 5, 2014
Duration:1 h 51 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Outcasts in life. Allies in suburbia.
Awards
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
