REVIEW
In a North Carolina beach town, lonely motel manager, George (Michael Kelly), befriends a new arrival: the attractive drifter, Michael (Kip Pardue). While claiming to be in town to protect the endangered Loggerhead turtles, Michael may actually be running away from something. Elsewhere in NC, preacher’s wife Elizabeth (Tess Harper) notices that a pair of gay men has just moved across the street. Elizabeth is appalled by this and another recent neighborhood development, the placement of a statue of naked man, but her feelings are masking an even deeper disturbance. Another woman, Grace (Bonnie Hunt), is also coming to terms with a deep down pain – she gave up a child for adoption many years ago. So she comes back to her hometown with hopes – and help from a pseudo-detective – to find him.

Making his narrative feature debut, Tim Kirkman (The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me) cleverly shuffles three sets of characters and timelines (pay attention for hints indicating which is which) that eventually intersect in a powerful, profound way. A humanistic and gifted auteur, Kirkman coaxes sublime performances from all of his leads, including earthy and sexy upcoming indie star Pardue.

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