Floundering
Sign in to saveFloundering is a 1994 comedy film set in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots of 1992. The film was directed and written by Peter McCarthy in his directorial debut and stars James LeGros, with appearances by John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, and Lisa Zane. The film is told as a narrative delivered by the main character John under the pessimism of the early 1990s.
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5.0John Boyz lives close to where they film "Baywatch", but you'd never know it. His life is full of bizarre friends, sweaty sex, pistol wielding gangsters, bungling bureaucrats, police fanatics, revolutionaries, and weirdos. All John wants is a little peace of mind and a little piece of the action, but in "Floundering" it wont come easy.
Released: 1994-11-0496 minDir: Peter McCarthyComedy, Romance
Cast
- James Le Gros as John
- Shaka as Shaman
- Zander Schloss as Catatonic Man
- John Cusack as JC
- Nina Siemaszko as Gal
- Jeremy Piven as Guy
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1994
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Cast member
- Q171363
- Duration
- +96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 246929
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Floundering is a 1994 comedy film set in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots of 1992. The film was directed and written by Peter McCarthy in his directorial debut and stars James LeGros, with appearances by John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, and Lisa Zane. The film is told as a narrative delivered by the main character John under the pessimism of the early 1990s.
==Plot== In the wake of the Los Angeles riots, John Boyz is an unemployed, aimless young man who lives alone in Venice. Things start to go awry for him when the IRS freezes his bank account and his unemployment benefits run out. John must also deal with his unfaithful girlfriend and his drug-addicted brother Jimmy who needs $3,000 for a detox program.
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1994 American films1994 comedy films1994 directorial debut films1994 English-language films1994 films1994 independent filmsAmerican comedy filmsAmerican independent filmsEnglish-language comedy filmsEnglish-language independent filmsFilms about substance abuse in the United StatesFilms set in Los Angeles