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Digging to China

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Precocious young Harriet (Evan Rachel Wood) lives with her much older sister, Gwen (Mary Stuart Masterson), at a New Hampshire motel owned by their mother (Cathy Moriarty), and dreams of a life beyond her neglectful family and stultifying town. When Ricky (Kevin Bacon), a mentally disabled man, stays at the motel, Harriet finds him to be kinder and more interesting than anyone she has ever known before. After tragedy strikes, Harriet and Ricky cling to each other ever more tightly.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/31/2005
2/5
Caffeinated Clint Moviehole 09/17/2002
3/5
A groundbreaking performance by Kevin Bacon Go to Full Review Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice 03/03/2002
A pleasant coming-of-age film about a ten year-old female misfit and her friendship with a retarded young man. Go to Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 01/01/2000
1.5/5
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Jason H @RT80279148 Aug 22 Why does Rotten Tomatoes even exist? Every good movie gets a bad rating. Never trust Rotten Tomatoes, they’ll make you 🤮 See more Stephen C @bob25009 06/06/2025 The worldwide gross is $43,961.00. See more steve d @RT35616104 01/04/2023 a little uncomfortable but the acting is great. See more 02/08/2021 Una joya oculta que está muy infravalorada; la trama está bien y la actuación de Kevin Bacon es decente. See more 12/27/2015 Normalerweise kann ich mit Kevin Bacon nur als Bösewicht etwas anfangen. In dieser Rolle hat er mich jedoch vollends überzeugt; er spielt den Charakter überzeugend und glaubhaft . Evan Rachel Wood ist ebenso famos. Was ergibt es also, wenn die zwei Hauptakteure des Film brillieren? Genau, einen ruhigen, nachdenklichen Film über alle Barrieren und Konventionen hinweg und über die Macht der Freundschaft. Und ein rührendes, trauriges Ende! Nur der Look des Films, dessen Ursache ein geringes Budget sein könnte, störte doch den Filmgenuss etwas. See more 08/02/2014 I was hoping for a cute, funny, heartwarming film, but it is none of these things. It's boring, aimless, and miserable. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Timothy Hutton

Director

Kevin Bacon

Ricky Schroth

Mary Stuart Masterson

Gwen Frankovitz

Cathy Moriarty

Mrs. Frankovitz

Evan Rachel Wood

Harriet Frankovitz

Marian Seldes

Leah Schroth

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Synopsis Precocious young Harriet (Evan Rachel Wood) lives with her much older sister, Gwen (Mary Stuart Masterson), at a New Hampshire motel owned by their mother (Cathy Moriarty), and dreams of a life beyond her neglectful family and stultifying town. When Ricky (Kevin Bacon), a mentally disabled man, stays at the motel, Harriet finds him to be kinder and more interesting than anyone she has ever known before. After tragedy strikes, Harriet and Ricky cling to each other ever more tightly.
Director
Timothy Hutton
Producer
John Davis, J. Todd Harris, Alan Mruvka, Marilyn Vance
Screenwriter
Karen Janszen
Production Co
Digging to China LLC, Moonstone Entertainment, Mosquito Productions, Davis Entertainment Classics, The Ministry of Film
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$19.2K
Runtime
1h 38m