Kelly & Cal
2014 American film
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Kelly and Cal is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Jen McGowan, written by Amy Lowe Starbin, and starring Juliette Lewis, Jonny Weston, and Cybill Shepherd. Its plot follows an ex-punk rocker-turned-suburban housewife who becomes friends with a troubled 17-year-old boy.
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| Directed by | Jen McGowan |
| Written by | Amy Lowe Starbin |
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| Cinematography | Philip Lott |
| Edited by | David Hopper |
| Music by | Toby Chu |
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| Distributed by | IFC Films |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast
- Juliette Lewis as Kelly
- Jonny Weston as Cal
- Josh Hopkins as Josh
- Cybill Shepherd as Bev
- Lucy Owen as Julie
- Ken Marks as Bill
- Margaret Colin as Janice
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 35 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "Kelly & Cal is a compellingly offbeat treat for fans of character-driven drama -- and a showcase for Juliette Lewis' formidable gifts."[1] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on the opinions of 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[2]
Rodrigo Perez of IndieWire wrote that "while Kelly & Cal flirts with interesting concepts under a superficial dynamic you haven’t seen paired before, ultimately its narrative is both familiar and predictable."[3]
