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Feeling Minnesota

Actor(s): Keanu Reeves, Vincent D'Onofrio, Cameron Diaz, Delroy Lindo, Courtney Love
Director(s): Steven Baigelman
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Violence, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Humor
Movie Release: 1996
DVD Release: 11/23/1999
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 39 mins
Studio: New Line Home Video
Total Copies: 62
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Action Comedy, Road Movie, Black Comedy

DVD Synopsis

It's not unusual in the movies for a woman to be torn between two brothers, but she usually doesn't change her mind on her wedding day. Then again, hardly anything goes the way one might expect in this black comedy. Freddie (Cameron Diaz), a pretty but hard-as-nails stripper, dreams of some day dancing in a Las Vegas revue, but for the meantime she works at a seedy dive in Minnesota. Freddie is forced by the owner of the club, Red (Delroy Lindo), to marry his accountant, the less-than-charming Sam Clayton (Vincent D'Onofrio), as punishment for supposedly stealing from the strip joint's till (as a further indignity, Red has also had the word "slut" tattooed on her arm). Sam has a rocky relationship with his brother Jjaks (Keanu Reeves) -- his curious name is the result of a typing error on his birth certificate -- but Jjaks receives an invitation to the nuptials from their mother Nora (Tuesday Weld), and he arrives at the wedding reception only a few hours after he's released from prison. When Freddie and Jjacks meet for the first time, there's an immediate chemistry between them, so immediate that before the evening is out, the new in-laws are making love in a bathroom and Freddie has persuaded Jjacks to run away with her; Freddie has also grabbed Sam's bankroll to finance the unscheduled vacation. Sam, understandably enraged, vows to track them down and enlists the help of Ben Costikyan (Dan Aykroyd), a sleazy career criminal. Feeling Minnesota was the debut feature for writer and director Steven Baigelman. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Keanu Reeves - Jjaks Clayton
Vincent D'Onofrio - Sam Clayton
Cameron Diaz - Freddie
Delroy Lindo - Red
Courtney Love - Waitress

Editorial Review of DVD

The offbeat romantic adventure comedy Feeling Minnesota goes digital with this 1999 release. While a theatrical trailer and cast and crew filmographies are nice to have, they just barely qualify as bonus features. However, what the disc lacks in bells and whistles, it makes up for in the impressive presentation of the film itself. Along with the standard 1.33:1 pan-and-scan transfer, included is a nice widescreen 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer. Add to that English soundtracks in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Stereo, and this DVD is a visual and sonic treat. English subtitles are also included. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Elizabeth G. (MissEliza) from CLINTON, MA wrote on 6/20/2009...

Snor...boring. This is what happens when goog actors do boring movies.

Michelle S. (Chelly10s) from ARMUCHEE, GA wrote on 4/30/2009...

2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

This was a great story with deeply interesting characters that was knocked down from four stars to two (for me) because of the terrible acting. I was very willing to accept Keanu Reeves as the misunderstood, brooding male lead, but he let me down. Diaz is so/so in a role that had the potential make or break the film. Amazingly, Courtney Love probably gives the most genuine performance, although it may have something to do with her 2 minutes of screen time. If only James Franco had been called for the lead, I think this could have been an excellent movie.