When my local indy video store closed early this year, I snatched up all the Jack and Heath and Ang movies I could find (for about $5 each!).
I finally got around to seeing
Moonlight Mile with Jake, Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon. Also an early Ellen Pompeo, and a sublime Holly Hunter in a small role.
What a pleasant surprise! Jake getting away from the awkward, adolescent phase of
Donnie Darko and
The Good Girl. A relatively quiet performance, he managed to hold his own opposite Dustin and Susan, and had good chemistry with the pre-Grey's Anatomy Ellen.
Jake has a wonderful courtroom scene.
Special interest for me: I thought I recognized some of the film sites. Sure enough, the credits listed Marblehead and Gloucester, Mass., among others. As chance would have it, I visited Marblehead the very next day, and managed to pick out a couple of the actual sites. Cool!
Jake and Dustin with the director Brad Silberling in Crocker Park, Marblehead, MA