I love slow-moving blue collar dramas

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Last edited Mon Feb 24, 2014, 06:22 PM - Edit history (1)

Hoping people here have some suggestions

Just love a slow moving drama set in places like NJ or Brooklyn or Boston - with blue collar characters. Films that involve families and friends and relationships - ones that allow the characters to be fully developed.

One of my favorites is a probably unknown film set in Jersey

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. I saw that

Kinda depressing, I thought.

There's a film called Hysterical Blindness with Uma Thurman that reminds me of it a bit. She's from New Jersey, single mom struggling and so forth.

I'm sure you've seen The Fighter, which falls in line with this type of film.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Maybe a bit sad. But....without spoiling it if anyone else

watches...it was so real to me. I was just thinking I like these kind of movies because
they show people just living simple lives and they don't plop down at the computer or
in front of the TV but sit around the kitchen table and drink beer and talk. It just
seems like such a long time ago when life was like that for my family and friends.

thanks for the lead on Hysterical Blindness - when we get our I-PAD TV thingie set
up will find it on Netflix

Yes, loved the Fighter - that's when I started really liking Amy Adams

[TexasBushwhacker]

2. Would Good Will Hunting qualify?

I loved that.

BTW, I've never been a fan of Bon Jovi's music, but I think he's a decent actor.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. In this movie, he plays a perfect doting, naive, simple minded guy

perfectly.

It's been forever since I saw GWH - need to find it again...thanks

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. Another one I rewatched recently was Melvin and Howard

That was sweet.

If you ever stumble upon a TV movie called "The $5.20 an Hour Dream" you should watch it. It stars Linda Lanvin as a single mom trying to move up in the world by doing a "mans" job.

Come to think of it, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore could be in this category too.