Directed by:
Kyle RankinCinematography:
Thomas E. AckermanComposer:
Richard MarvinCast:
Shia LaBeouf, Elden Henson, Amy Smart, Billy Kay, Kathleen Quinlan, Shiri Appleby, William Sadler, Ray Wise, Philipp Karner, Anson Mount, Michael McShane (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Kelly Ernswiler (Shia LaBeouf) is a 17-year-old expert in the art of war, uncomfortable in his own skin except for those shining moments when he is reenacting historic battles or viciously critiquing his poor history teacher for a watered-down understanding of Gettysburg. Kelly is a bundle of thwarted ideas and insights that he chalks up to living with his artist Mom (Kathleen Quinlan), who is short on homemaking skills, and recovering drug addict father (William Sadler), who occasionally invites the local homeless to sleep on their couch. When Kelly becomes the target of a school bully (Billy Kay), his rich-kid friend Bart (Elden Henson) helps him wage a grand-scale counterattack. Even more trouble bubbles up when Kelly develops an inappropriate and obstinate infatuation with Bart's Yale grad-school sister Tabby (Amy Smart). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Shia LaBeouf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/009/165009389_cc9c9a.jpg)
Shia LaBeouf
USA
Best movies:
I, Robot (2004)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Lawless (2012)
![Elden Henson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394575_112f93.jpg)
Elden Henson
USA
Best movies:
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Cast Away (2000)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
![Amy Smart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/337/164337510_6ae807.jpg)
Amy Smart
USA
Best movies:
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Billy Kay
USA
Best movies:
L.I.E. (2001)
Three Men and a Baby (1987)
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
![Kathleen Quinlan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/047/168047854_2ity6z.jpg)
Kathleen Quinlan
USA
![Shiri Appleby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/723/163723543_1d454c.jpg)
Shiri Appleby
USA
Best movies:
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
The Other Sister (1999)
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
![William Sadler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267536_4337c0.jpg)
William Sadler
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Green Mile (1999)
When They See Us (2019) (series)
![Ray Wise](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/247/166247475_3b604f.jpg)
Ray Wise
USA
Best movies:
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Twin Peaks (1992)
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
![Philipp Karner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/063/138/63138114_626086.jpg)
Philipp Karner
Austria
Best movies:
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
The Morning After (2015)
Kiss the Bride (2007)
![Anson Mount](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/316/166316104_83f2cd.jpg)
Anson Mount
USA
Best movies:
Non-Stop (2014)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Last Night (2010)
Michael McShane
USA
Best movies:
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Balto (1995)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Hattie Winston
USA
Best movies:
Jackie Brown (1997)
Bolero (1981)
Without a Trace (1983)
![Rick Cramer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273194_f665ed.jpg)
Rick Cramer
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard 4.0 (2007)
Fail Safe (2000) (TV movie)
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Ellis Williams
USA
Best movies:
Jackie Brown (1997)
The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
Ali (2001)
![Alli Danziger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279056_bb1f0c.jpg)
Alli Danziger
USA
Best movies:
Newsies (1992)
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
Taxi (2004)
Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
Best movies:
The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
![Jesse Heiman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/347/347604_faaec4.jpg)
Jesse Heiman
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Social Network (2010)
Spider-Man (2002)
![Rachel Winfree](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483299_27089b.jpg)
Rachel Winfree
USA
Best movies:
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Innocent Victims (1996) (TV movie)
![France Nuyen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948803_d8026e.jpg)
France Nuyen
France
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961)
![John Prosky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/473/159473859_a67556.jpg)
John Prosky
Best movies:
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Hidalgo (2004)
Bowfinger (1999)