Storyville

Storyville Information

Storyville is a 1992 film directed by Mark Frost and starring James Spader.

Plot

Cray Fowler, a young candidate for congress, is filmed with a prostitute as blackmail. As he investigates, Fowler discovers some family secrets involving his father and their political careers.

Cast

James Spader as Cray Fowler
Joanne Whalley as Natalie Tate
Jason Robards as Clifford Fowler
Charlotte Lewis as Lee Tran
Michael Warren as Nathan LeFleur
Piper Laurie as Constance Fowler
Michael Parks as Michael Trevallian
Chuck McCann as Pudge Herman
Charles Haid as Abe Choate
Woody Strode as Charlie Sumpter
Justine Shapiro as Melanie Fowler
George Cheung as Xang Tran

Critical Reception

Critical reviews have been mixed. The film has a 60% 'fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 reviews.

In his contemporary review, Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, writing:

"Storyville" is a movie for people who like New Orleans better when it is dark and mysterious. It is for romantics. It is not for pragmatists, who will complain that the characters do not behave according to perfect logic, and that there are holes in its plot. They will be right, of course - this is not an airtight movie - but they will have missed the point, and the fun.

Spader's performance was praised by critics, including the New York Times' Vincent Canby who states:

Mr. Spader may have won prizes for "Sex, Lies and Videotape" but he comes of age as an actor in "Storyville." The performance is clean, uncluttered and often funny, without sidestepping the material.

Canby also praised the film's cinematography and Frost's directing, invoking Frost's collaboration with David Lynch on Twin Peaks, and calling the film "far less of a tease than the television series, a good deal shorter and much more fun."

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