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Vera Johnson (Rachael Leigh Cook) is bored with life in her small Montana town; two years after leaving college, she is still living with her parents. However, when Sam Polvino (Ryan Alosio) walks into her life, all that changes. Sam uses his charm to convince Vera that she has obtained a job in a big Chicago store, but her parents make her see that he is nothing but a con artist. Sam then comes clean; he has in his possession a letter from a man who died in prison, claiming that he was Vera's real father, and that the people she thinks are her parents took her in when she was abandoned as a baby.
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She is definitely all that! Vera Johnson is two years out of high School but still lives with her parents. Wasting time with meaningless jobs, she dreams of life beyond the limits of her small Montana town. When a young stranger walks into her life, bearing a horrible dark secret, it will turn her world upside down forever!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Format:DVD
Backed up by a fantastic musical score and an enchanting story, The Hi-Line is a tale about a woman who embarks on a journey of self-discovery. The story contributes to an overall moody feeling along with the conversations which are minimal and notable for their long silences. Ironically, this is drowned out with the compositions by Jon Huck in the emotional scenes. Of course, it ends with the trademark "happy ending" which comes unexpected but is welcome. The real gem though is the Montana countryside; it's as hushed, forbidding and chilly as the characters it cloisters.
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4.6 out of 5 stars
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Delicate Balance
2 Sep 2002
By Theodore C Nicholas
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Format:DVD
Ron Judkins' directorial debut is a deceptively simple story of a naive Montana woman, Vera (Rachael Leigh Cook) who is told she is adopted. She is approached by a sleazy, but sad-eyed man named Sam (Ryan Alosio) who was given the ashes of her recently dead father and told to find his daughter. This is a character driven story, similar to films like "You Can Count on Me," where the screenplay doesn't focus on plot so much as how characters react to what is happening, and the plot follows. In the case of this film, it works nicely. Both Sam and Vera are complex characters in a love story that doesn't work on melodrama. When Vera discovers that she never knew her mother, she decides to go find her. And Sam decides reluctantly to go with her. Few films use such stark dialogue, with such sad undertones, but this is a quiet film. It uses dialogue only when the characters truly mean to talk. The cinematography by Wally Pfister is stunning, showing the hauntingly barren but mysteriously beautiful back drops of Montana. This is a very nice film that deserves viewing.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rocking film about the way it is
21 Aug 2001
By Markai
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
In New York, we tend to get arrogant about the 'country life', and I didn't expect to enjoy this film when my wife forced me to watch it --but something about the honesty of the story, the beauty of the filming, and the cool soundtrack won me over. The Hi-Line rocks whether you're from Brooklyn or Bozeman.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Beautiful Romantic Film
22 Jan 2001
By Zig Star
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Format:DVD
This film touched my heart. Beautifully photographed and beautifully portrayed by a fine cast led by Rachael Leigh Cook as a young woman yearning for something special to happen to her life. What would seem like a simple "chick flick" evolves into a sexy coming of age film that reminded me of "Splendor In The Grass".
The DVD extras fascinatingly reveal the making of this passion project that debuted at the Sundance film festival.
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