Review of You Can Count on Me on Filmviews.net
Year2000 ReviewerChris Docker
A quality movie with great performances. Don't get put off by the seemingly bland storyline (a brother and sister, bereaved of their parents, grow up very differently; havoc ensues when the brother comes to stay with his single-mother-sister and her son). Laura Linney turns in a well-deserved Oscar-nominated performance and the script distinguishes itself throughout - mostly for what is left unsaid rather than actually spoken. Characterisation is not only convincing but draws us in because of the very lack of perfection of the characters - these are people with their faults trying to do their best - in very different ways.
Rating: 7/10;