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L.I.E.
On the Long Island Expressway there are lanes going east, lanes going west, and lanes going straight to hell.
On the Long Island Expressway there are lanes going east, lanes going...
Crime, Drama - 2001
7.1
84%
73
In this biting and disturbing coming-of-age tale from writer-director Michael Cuesta, life is bittersweet along the L.I.E., also known as the Long Island Expressway, as suburban teen Howie Blitzer learns all too clearly. In the space of a week, he loses nearly everything and everyone he knows and is left to navigate his adolescence virtually unsupervised.
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Rated:
Unrated
Runtime:
97 min
Release date:
20 Jan 2001
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$700,000
Revenue:
$1,667,192
Awards:
20 wins & 18 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Gripping, troubling, and deftly acted.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
9 Oct 2001
fresh:
Difficult and flawed feature debut.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
9 Oct 2001
fresh:
A mature, insightful and extremely well-acted study.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct 2001
rotten:
Recoiling from L.I.E. is a very human, and frankly a very responsible, reaction.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Oct 2001
fresh:
Cuesta never gives us the satisfaction of fulfilling our expectations; instead he gives us a movie that we can ponder long the road takes its final turn.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
29 Mar 2002
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