Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks following the disintegration of his marriage and the death of his father. Hoping to regain some faith in his own goodness, he turns his attention to Tommie, an awkward and unpopular eleven-year-old girl. Lamb is convinced that he can help her avoid a destiny of apathy and emptiness, and takes Tommie for a road trip from Chicago to the Rockies, planning to initiate her into the beauty of the mountain wilderness. The journey shakes them in ways neither expects.
Acting
Oona Laurence's crushing vulnerability; Partridge's maddening sincerity.
Direction
Partridge refuses to tell you how to feel about any of this.
Cinematography
Wide open Rockies that feel claustrophobic somehow.
Director
Ross Partridge
Oona Laurence
Tommie
Ross Partridge
David Lamb
Jess Weixler
Linny
Scoot McNairy
Jesse
Lindsay Pulsipher
Linda
Joel Murray
Wilson
Tom Bower
Foster
Jennifer Lafleur
Melissa
Mark Kelly
Radio Reporter (voice)
Jennifer Spriggs
On-Site Reporter (voice)
Robert Longstreet
Fishing Show Narrator (voice)
Matt Oberg
Baseball Announcer (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Partridge directed himself, creating an unsettling meta-layer: the filmmaker controls Tommie just as Lamb does.
Released the same year as Room and Spotlight, Lamb got buried in 'problematic man' discourse despite its deliberate refusal to exonerate its protagonist.
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