Going All the Way

For the song by the Matthew Good Band, see Beautiful Midnight.

Going All the Way is a 1997 film directed by Mark Pellington. The film was written by Dan Wakefield, based on his 1970 novel. It won an award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Plot

Two men return home to Indiana after they served time in the Army during the Korean War.

Principal cast

Actor	Role
Jeremy Davies	Williard "Sonny" Burns
Ben Affleck	Tom "Gunner" Casselman
Amy Locane	Buddy Porter
Rachel Weisz	Marty Pilcher
Rose McGowan	Gale Ann Thayer
Jill Clayburgh	Alma
Lesley Ann Warren	Nina

Critical reception

Stephen Holden of The New York Times did not care for the film, especially Pellington's direction:

When a filmmaker feels compelled to pump up a story through caricature and expressionistic visual tricks, it's usually a sign of distrust in the inherent drama of the material. In Going All the Way, a flashy movie adaptation of Dan Wakefield's popular 1970 novel about growing up in the heartland in the repressed 1950s, Mark Pellington, a director from the world of music video, has inflated a realistic memoir into a garish, hyperkinetic social satire.

Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars:

Going All the Way is a deeper, cleverer film than it first seems. Much of its strength depends on the imploding performance of Jeremy Davies.

External links

• Going All the Way at IMDb
• Going All the Way at AllMovie
• Going All the Way at Box Office Mojo