You Can Count On Me
Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo star as grown-up siblings who couldn't be more different. While conservative Sammy (Linney) stayed in her quiet hometown, rebellious Terry (Ruffalo) was on the road, drifting in and out of trouble. When Terry suddenly comes to visit, his presence shakes up Sammy's world. As Terry forms a strong bond with Sammy's precocious eight-year-old son, Rudy (Rory Culkin), Sammy rediscovers her passion for life, entertaining a marriage proposal from her boyfriend (Jon Tenney) while having a fling with her boss (Matthew Broderick). But when Terry's behavior become disruptive, Sammy must finally confront the choices of the past, and make new ones to secure her family's future.
The Team
Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Written by Kenneth Lonergan
Starring Laura Linney, Matthew Broderick, Mark Ruffalo, Jon Tenney and Rory Culkin
Acclaim
2000 AFI Festival
Best New Writer (Kenneth Lonergan)
New Directions Award (Kenneth Lonergan)
2001 Academy Awards, USA
Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Laura Linney), Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Kenneth Lonergan)
2002 Bodil Awards
Nominated: Best American Film (Kenneth Lonergan)
2000 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Best New Filmmaker (Kenneth Lonergan)
Nominated: Best Actress (Laura Linney)
2000 British Film Institute Awards
Sutherland Trophy (Kenneth Lonergan)
2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Nominated: Best Picture
2001 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Nominated: Best Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Best Actress (Laura Linney), Best Picture, Best Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan)
2001 Chlotrudis Awards
Nominated: Best Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Best Actress (Laura Linney), Best Screenplay – Original (Kenneth Lonergan)
2001 Dallas – Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actress (Laura Linney)
Russel Smith Award (Kenneth Lonergan)
2001 Golden Globes
Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama (Laura Linney), Best Screenplay – Motion Picture (Kenneth Lonergan)
2000 Gotham Awards
Feature Film Category (Kenneth Lonergan)
Nominated: Open Palm Award (Kenneth Lonergan), Humanitas Prize
2001 Independent Spirit Awards
Best First Feature (Kenneth Lonergan, John Hart, Jeff Sharp, Barbara De Fina, Larry Meistrich
Best Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan)
Nominated: Best Debut Performance (Rory Culkin), Best Female Lead (Laura Linney), Best Male Lead (Mark Ruffalo)
2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan)
New Generation Award (Mark Ruffalo)
Nominated: Best Actress (Laura Linney)
2000 Montreal World Film Festival
Best Actor (Mark Ruffalo)
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Special Mention (Kenneth Lonergan)
Nominated: Grand Prix des Ameriques (Kenneth Lonergan)
2000 National Board of Review, USA
Top Ten Films
Special Achievement Award (Kenneth Lonergan)
2001 National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
Best Actress (Laura Linney)
Best Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan)
Nominated: Best Actor (Mark Ruffalo)
2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Actress (Laura Linney)
Best Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan)
2001 Online Film Critics Society Awards
Nominated: Best Actress (Laura Linney), Best Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan)
2001 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Nominated: Best Actress (Laura Linney), Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role (Rory Culkin), Best Screenplay – Original (Kenneth Lonergan)
2000 San Diago Film Critics Society Awards
Best Actress (Laura Linney)
Nominated: Best Actor (Mark Ruffalo)
2001 Satellite Awards
Best Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan)
Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Laura Linney)
2001 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Laura Linney)
2001 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
Nominated: Best Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Best Actress (Laura Linney)
2000 Stockholm Film Festival
Nominated: Bronze Horse (Kenneth Lonergan)
2000 Sundance Film Festival
Dramatic (Kenneth Lonergan)
Waldo Salt Screen writing Award (Kenneth Lonergan)
2000 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Best Performance Female (Laura Linney)
Best Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan)
Nominated: Best Performance Male (Mark Ruffalo)
2001 Vancouver Film Critics Circle
Best Actress (Laura Linney)
Nominated: Best Actor (Mark Ruffalo)
2001 Writers Guild of America, USA
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Kenneth Lonergan)
2001 Young Artist Award
Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor (Rory Culkin)