Year			2003
Genre			Criminal drama
Rating			14A
Parents			Offensive language
Length			1:48
Director			Matthew Ryan Hoge
Writer			Matthew Ryan Hoge
Company			Paramount Pictures
Starring			Don Cheadle Ryan Gosling Kevin Spacey Chris Klein Jena Malone Lena Olin Show more... Don Cheadle Ryan Gosling Kevin Spacey Chris Klein Jena Malone Lena Olin Michelle Williams Martin Donovan Ann Magnuson Kerry Washington Sherilyn Fenn

A 16-year-old boy, Leland (Ryan Gosling), commits a murder, yet seems to have a normal sense of ethics and justice. He confesses his wrongdoing to his mother who turns him in to the police. What follows is a series of close-up character studies on all of the people impacted by Leland's actions. His mother (Lena Olin) is plagued with guilt, his father (Kevin Spacey)--a novelist who writes about violence in America--is complacent. Meanwhile, the family of Leland's victim is ripped apart at the seams, and his already troubled girlfriend (Jena Malone) drifts even farther astray.