Equinox

SC Entertainment. Director Alan Rudolph; Producer David Blocker; Screenplay Alan Rudolph; Camera Elliot Davis; Editor Michael Ruscio; Art Director Steven Legler

Matthew Modine
Lara Flynn Boyle
Tyra Ferrell
Marisa Tomei
Kevin J. O'Connor
Lori Singer

Equinox is one of Alan Rudolph's patently personal ensemble pieces about criss-crossing destinies. More socially minded in its depiction of a decaying society some of the characters yearn to escape, film is full of ideas and evocative scenes.

Matthew Modine toplines in a double role. Henry is an awkward, nerdy chap who remarks, 'My whole life seems to be taking place without me in it,' while being induced to reignite a tentative romance with the lovely, painfully shy Beverly (Lara Flynn Boyle). Modine also appears as Freddy, a swaggering smalltime hood who is married to Sharon (Lori Singer) and works his way up in a gang controlled by Paris (Fred Ward).

At the film's heart is a touching little-people romance between Henry and Beverly. Modine and Boyle, both very attractive performers, are effectively dressed down for these roles, and Boyle, in particular, strongly registers the effort it takes for such a thin-skinned character to leap off the deep end into the emotional whirlpool.

(Color) Available on VHS, DVD. Extract of a review from 1992. Running time: 115 MIN.

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