A midlife crisis with meth, rough sex, and a custody battle—subtlety died screaming.
A Texas publishing exec who's on the wagon and in A.A., walks in on his wife in bed with another man, and in the nasty divorce that follows, he falls off the wagon and takes up Crystal. Alternating between concern for his pre-teen daughter, his enjoyment of rough sex and cocaine with Crystal.
Acting
Prince commits to the spiral with sweaty, unsparing desperation.
Writing
The title's meaning? You'll wait 85 minutes. Worth it.
Director
Damian Skinner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Skye McCole Bartusiak (Alex) was already a veteran child actor from The Patriot and Don't Say a Word; this was her grittiest role before her tragic 2014 death.
Shot in 2005 Austin indie scene, Pineapple premiered at SXSW then vanished—becoming a lost curio of mid-2000s addiction cinema overshadowed by Requiem for a Dream's shadow.
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