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Lymelife

IMDb ID: tt0363780 · Year: 2009 · Rating: 6.8 (14,821 votes)

Genres: Comedy · Drama · Romance

A family unit begins to bow under the pressure of a failing marriage.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: Lymelife
Canada: Lymelife (English)
France: Lymelife
United Kingdom: Lymelife
Ireland: Lymelife (English)
India: Lymelife (English)
New Zealand: Lymelife (English)
United States: Lymelife
South Africa: Lymelife (English)
Argentina: Aprender a vivir
Chile: Aprender a vivir
Serbia: Borelioza
Slovenia: Borelioza
Brazil: A Família Bartlett
Hungary: Kuszaságok
Germany: Long Island Blues (TV Title)
Poland: Sezon na kleszcza
Greece: Xini zoi (transliterated title)
Greece: Ξινή ζωή
Bulgaria: Разкошен живот (Bulgarian)
Russia: Роскошная жизнь
Borelioza
Content RatingRRelease Date2009-11-12Runtime95 minutesMetascore64IMDb Popularity0User Reviews59Critic Reviews112Countries / RegionsUnited StatesLanguagesEnglishKeywordsteenage boy sexual awakening
female stockinged legs
pantyhose
reference to r2 d2
reference to pubic hair
Filming LocationsMontclair High School - 100 Chestnut Street, Montclair, New Jersey, USAProduction CompaniesBartlett Films
Cappa Defina Productions
Cappa Productions
Official SitesOfficial Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lymelifemovie
Official site - http://www.lymelifethemovie.com/
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363780/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0363780.jpgUpdated At2025-07-12T11:28:21

Stars

Rory Culkin
Alec Baldwin
Jill Hennessy
Emma Roberts
Timothy Hutton
Cynthia Nixon
Logan Huffman
Brandon Thane Wilson
Adam Scarimbolo
Kieran Culkin

Directors

Derick Martini

Writers

Derick Martini
Steven Martini

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Rory Culkin | Character: Scott Bartlett
Actor: Alec Baldwin | Character: Mickey Bartlett
Actor: Jill Hennessy | Character: Brenda Bartlett
Actor: Emma Roberts | Character: Adrianna Bragg
Actor: Timothy Hutton | Character: Charlie Bragg
Actor: Cynthia Nixon | Character: Melissa Bragg
Actor: Logan Huffman | Character: Blaze Salado
Actor: Brandon Thane Wilson | Character: Stuart
Actor: Adam Scarimbolo | Character: Todd O'Leary
Actor: Kieran Culkin | Character: Jimmy Bartlett
Actor: Phillip Pennestri | Character: Father Pazzo
Actor: Louis Ruffolo Jr. | Character: Bartender
Actor: Beepers | Character: Deer
Actor: Isabella David | Character: Covergirl
Actor: Derick Martini | Character: Photographer
Actor: Matthew Martini | Character: Jimmy's Friend
Actor: Steven Martini | Character: Taxi Driver
Actor: Artie Pasquale | Character: Family Guest
Actor: Harry L. Seddon | Character: Party Supervisor

[Directors Group]
Name: Derick Martini | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Derick Martini | Role: Writer
Name: Steven Martini | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Alec Baldwin | Role: Producer
Name: William Baldwin | Role: Producer
Name: Jonathan Cornick | Role: Producer
Name: Barbara De Fina | Role: Producer
Name: Michael G. Jefferson | Role: Producer
Name: Leonard Loventhal | Role: Producer
Name: Steven Martini | Role: Producer
Name: Tiffany Nishimoto | Role: Producer
Name: Jamin O'Brien | Role: Producer
Name: Martin Scorsese | Role: Producer
Name: Arvind Singh | Role: Producer
Name: Angela Somerville | Role: Producer
Name: Michele Tayler | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Steven Martini | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Frank Godwin | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Derick Martini | Role: Editor
Name: Steven Martini | Role: Editor
Name: Mark Yoshikawa | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Eyde Belasco | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Kelly McGehee | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Matthew Munn | Role: Art Director

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Kelley Burney | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Erika Munro | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Donna Marie Fischetto | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Gina Manning | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Deanna Melluso | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Erica Whalen | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Taurance F. Williams | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Leo Won | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Ande Yung | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Jamin O'Brien | Role: Production Manager
Name: Arvind Singh | Role: Production Manager
Name: Michael Sledd | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Daniela Barbosa | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Brian Avery Galligan | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Michael G. Jefferson | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Jamie Arbuckle | Role: Art Department
Name: Sarah Berney | Role: Art Department
Name: Jason Comrie | Role: Art Department
Name: Joel Custer | Role: Art Department
Name: Neil Driscoll Jr. | Role: Art Department
Name: Carl Ferrara | Role: Art Department
Name: Nick Ferrara | Role: Art Department
Name: Robert Jean-Pierre | Role: Art Department
Name: Katie Kemsley | Role: Art Department
Name: Elizabeth 'Biz' Lynch | Role: Art Department
Name: Natalie McKeever | Role: Art Department
Name: Richie Morris | Role: Art Department
Name: Danny Rovira | Role: Art Department
Name: Dennis Tillberg | Role: Art Department
Name: Nicole Wielga | Role: Art Department
Name: Tomas Zeman | Role: Art Department
Name: Martin Eisler | Role: Art Department
Name: Diana Shaller | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Bryan Arenas | Role: Sound Department
Name: David Aaron Brun | Role: Sound Department
Name: Chad J. Hughes | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lukasz Janik | Role: Sound Department
Name: Devin Joseph | Role: Sound Department
Name: Richard Murphy | Role: Sound Department
Name: Brendan J. O'Brien | Role: Sound Department
Name: Steve Papagiannis | Role: Sound Department
Name: Seth Tallman | Role: Sound Department
Name: David F. Van Slyke | Role: Sound Department
Name: Judah Getz | Role: Sound Department
Name: Rich Macar | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Patrick Phillips | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Jason Ruitenbach | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Steven White | Role: Visual Effects

[Stunts]
Name: Manny Siverio | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Michael Arisohn | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Andy Bader | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Adam Benlifer | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: John Clifford | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Rashad Clinton | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Edward Cohen | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Gerald Gloster | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Travis Hottinger | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Todd S. Klein | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: John McIntyre | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Keith McNicholas | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jeff Moore | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Monty Nielsen | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tom Potoskie | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jesse L. Saviola | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: John Verardi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: David Dutkus | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: James J. Ferris | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Christopher Heikel | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Robert Jason | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Lara Sfire | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Midge Denton | Role: Costume Department
Name: Chrissy Kuhn | Role: Costume Department
Name: Colleen McTigue | Role: Costume Department
Name: Natasha Noor | Role: Costume Department
Name: Sara Gabrielle Paterno | Role: Costume Department
Name: Malik Summers | Role: Costume Department
Name: Colleen Morris Glennon | Role: Costume Department
Name: Kirsten Mogg | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Tracey Grimes | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Ron Ischovitsch | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Paul Jackson | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Kit Bland | Role: Location Management
Name: Phillip Saxton | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Brian Kessler | Role: Music Department
Name: Terence Leclere | Role: Music Department
Name: Steven Martini | Role: Music Department
Name: Christopher Motyka | Role: Music Department
Name: Arvind Singh | Role: Music Department
Name: Michele Tayler | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Ryan Bennett | Role: Production Department
Name: Tanya Brum Da Silveira | Role: Production Department
Name: Lauren Cioffi | Role: Production Department
Name: James Coker | Role: Production Department
Name: Michele Cusick | Role: Production Department
Name: Jonathan Gardner | Role: Production Department
Name: Erika Goldfarb | Role: Production Department
Name: Brian Hicks | Role: Production Department
Name: Clint Litton | Role: Production Department
Name: Matthew S. Lovett | Role: Production Department
Name: Ryan Mitchel | Role: Production Department
Name: Kory O'Donnell | Role: Production Department
Name: A.J. Swirz | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Rachel Connors | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: David Conelli | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Roy Fortier | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Mike Van Ness | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Richard M. Bartholomay | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Helen Berger | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Corinne Bogdanowicz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Adam Winston Defrin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Mitch Doneman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Renata Gheller | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jonathan Gray | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Evan Krauss | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Maddie Mascia | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Steve McAuliff | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Philip McGonigle | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jennifer Palma | Role: Additional Crew
Name: J. Brent Peebles | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Eva Prelle | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lynda Reynolds | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Michael K. Reynolds | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Nico Sablik | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Michael Saccio | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Steve Sadoff | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Courtney Schmidt | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Allen Sterns | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Craig Warren | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Chris Gennarelli | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kevin Hindley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Brian Kessler | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Diego Daniel Pardo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Hilary Stabb | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Danielle Wilson | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Lynn Auerbach | Role: Thanks
Name: Wes Craven | Role: Thanks
Name: Alfonso Cuarón | Role: Thanks
Name: Matt DelPiano | Role: Thanks
Name: Joe Dunton | Role: Thanks
Name: Robert Elswit | Role: Thanks
Name: Cassian Elwes | Role: Thanks
Name: Scott Frank | Role: Thanks
Name: John Gatins | Role: Thanks
Name: Gyula Gazdag | Role: Thanks
Name: Geoffrey Gilmore | Role: Thanks
Name: Piers Handling | Role: Thanks
Name: Jerry Kupfer | Role: Thanks
Name: Rand Levin | Role: Thanks
Name: Fran Martini | Role: Thanks
Name: Fred Martini | Role: Thanks
Name: Ilyse McKimmie | Role: Thanks
Name: Frank Oz | Role: Thanks
Name: Dan Pritzker | Role: Thanks
Name: Karen Pritzker | Role: Thanks
Name: Phil Radin | Role: Thanks
Name: Robert Redford | Role: Thanks
Name: Emily Gerson Saines | Role: Thanks
Name: Michelle Satter | Role: Thanks
Name: Don Scardino | Role: Thanks
Name: Jane Schoettle | Role: Thanks
Name: John Schrimpf | Role: Thanks
Name: Hilary Stabb | Role: Thanks
Name: Emma Tillinger Koskoff | Role: Thanks
Name: Jon Turteltaub | Role: Thanks
Name: Sigourney Weaver | Role: Thanks
Name: Joanne Roberts Wiles | Role: Thanks
Name: Vilmos Zsigmond | Role: Thanks

Trailers

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Release Schedule

Canada: September 8, 2008 (Toronto International Film Festival)
United States: January 16, 2009 (Sundance Film Festival)
United States: April 1, 2009 (Gen Art Film Festival)
Canada: April 8, 2009 (limited)
United States: April 8, 2009 (limited)
United States: April 23, 2009 (Newport Beach International Film Festival)
Netherlands: September 13, 2009 (Film by the Sea Film Festival)
Greece: September 25, 2009 (Athens Film Festival)
Poland: October 13, 2009 (Warsaw Film Festival)
Brazil: October 23, 2009 (São Paulo International Film Festival)
Russia: November 12, 2009
Australia: April 2, 2010 (limited)
Greece: May 6, 2010
United Kingdom: July 2, 2010 (limited)
South Korea: September 2, 2010
Denmark: September 23, 2010
Denmark: October 1, 2010 (limited)
Germany: February 10, 2011 (DVD premiere)
Hungary: March 12, 2011 (TV premiere)
Sweden: March 16, 2011 (DVD premiere)
Argentina: July 14, 2011

Awards

Winner | 2008 | Toronto International Film Festival | International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI) | Discovery | Derick Martini, Lymelife
Nominee | 2009 | Warsaw International Film Festival | Competition 1-2 Award | Derick Martini, Lymelife
Nominee | 2009 | Gotham Awards | Gotham Independent Film Award | Breakthrough Director | Derick Martini, Lymelife

Box Office

Argentina: USD 14158
South Korea: USD 32732
Nigeria: USD 218
Domestic: USD 421307
Russia - CIS: USD 71988
Period: Jul 10 – 12, 2009 | Rank: 97 | Weeks in release: 14 | Theaters: 2 | Gross to date: USD 421307 | Interval gross: USD 788 | Per theater average: USD 394
Period: Jun 26 – 28, 2009 | Rank: 86 | Weeks in release: 12 | Theaters: 3 | Gross to date: USD 419276 | Interval gross: USD 2866 | Per theater average: USD 955
Period: Jun 19 – 21, 2009 | Rank: 77 | Weeks in release: 11 | Theaters: 10 | Gross to date: USD 413832 | Interval gross: USD 5436 | Per theater average: USD 543
Period: Jun 12 – 14, 2009 | Rank: 67 | Weeks in release: 10 | Theaters: 15 | Gross to date: USD 403185 | Interval gross: USD 12817 | Per theater average: USD 854
Period: Jun 5 – 7, 2009 | Rank: 63 | Weeks in release: 9 | Theaters: 20 | Gross to date: USD 385651 | Interval gross: USD 9243 | Per theater average: USD 462
Period: May 29 – 31, 2009 | Rank: 64 | Weeks in release: 8 | Theaters: 15 | Gross to date: USD 371815 | Interval gross: USD 9224 | Per theater average: USD 614
Period: May 22 – 24, 2009 | Rank: 59 | Weeks in release: 7 | Theaters: 21 | Gross to date: USD 351682 | Interval gross: USD 20045 | Per theater average: USD 954
Period: May 22 – 25, 2009 | Rank: 57 | Theaters: 21 | Gross to date: USD 356475 | Interval gross: USD 24838 | Per theater average: USD 1182
Period: May 15 – 17, 2009 | Rank: 53 | Weeks in release: 6 | Theaters: 25 | Gross to date: USD 323321 | Interval gross: USD 23136 | Per theater average: USD 925
Period: May 8 – 10, 2009 | Rank: 46 | Weeks in release: 5 | Theaters: 29 | Gross to date: USD 281455 | Interval gross: USD 45588 | Per theater average: USD 1572
Period: May 1 – 3, 2009 | Rank: 43 | Weeks in release: 4 | Theaters: 35 | Gross to date: USD 211879 | Interval gross: USD 54938 | Per theater average: USD 1569
Period: Apr 24 – 26, 2009 | Rank: 44 | Weeks in release: 3 | Theaters: 25 | Gross to date: USD 139731 | Interval gross: USD 41505 | Per theater average: USD 1660
Period: Apr 17 – 19, 2009 | Rank: 46 | Weeks in release: 2 | Theaters: 13 | Gross to date: USD 83906 | Interval gross: USD 42014 | Per theater average: USD 3231
Period: Apr 10 – 12, 2009 | Rank: 54 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 4 | Gross to date: USD 32444 | Interval gross: USD 27758 | Per theater average: USD 6939