Sex, Death and Bowling

Sex, Death and Bowling
Directed by Ally Walker
Written by Ally Walker
Starring Adrian Grenier
Selma Blair
Music by Vidjay Beerepoot
Mark Fontana
Cinematography Frederic Fasano
Release dates
  • October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02) (San Diego)
Language English

Sex, Death and Bowling is a 2015 American independent comedy-drama film starring Adrian Grenier, Selma Blair, Bailey Chase and Drea de Matteo. It marked the directing and writing debut of actress Ally Walker.[1][2][3]

Plot

Sean McAllister (Adrian Grenier) is a successful fashion designer who returns home to Arizona when he learns his brother, Rick Bailey Chase, has cancer. Sean has been gone for a while ever since getting into an argument with his father. Rick lives at home with his wife, Glenn Selma Blair, and his live-in nurse Ana Drea De Matteo. Sean and Ricks father Dick Daniel Hugh Kelly owns a local Sports equipment shop and is an avid bowling. Ricks son, Eli Joshua Rush idolizes his father and his grandfather and wishes to become as good a bowler as the two of them. Sean arrives and immediately begins opening up old wounds with his father. Sean is gay, and an incident when he was younger involving another boy from the high school football team whom a teacher saw brought shame to Dick resulting is the two becoming distant even after Seans rise to fame. Sean tries to reconcile with both his father and his brother, but it proves difficult.

Dick is trying to win a bowling tournament, the Fiesta Bowl, but trouble arises when one of his bowlers becomes injured. Trying to reconnect with his father and family, Sean agrees to join the team. They eventually win the tournament, and bring home the trophy to Rick.

Cast

References

  1. Frank Scheck (November 5, 2015). "'Sex, Death and Bowling': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. Dennis Harvey (November 22, 2015). "Film Review: 'Sex, Death and Bowling'". Variety. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. Jordan Hoffman (November 6, 2015). "Sex, Death and Bowling review – dire family deathbed drama merits mercy killing". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

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