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There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I just saw this off Showtime, and LOVE LOVE this movie! Juliette Lewis is very sexy in this, letting her age show for the first time on film. She plays a former lead singer of an all-female punk rock group now taking up life in the suburbs as a new mom and wife. Josh Hopkins ("CougarTown") plays her hubbie who is stuck at the office all day, leaving her to start hanging out with the next door high school wheelchair-bound teen, played excellently by newcomer Jonny Weston. Their relationship starts to evolve into something more as events happen, and wow!- there are some scenes in this that blew my mind! This film is sorta the reverse of all those May-December romances between an older leading man and younger actress there have been over the years- "Lost In Translation", "My First Mister", "ShopGirl", etc.. Big thumbs up for this one!.......

Juliette Lewis pretends to be a hipster rebel for 1 minute and a half, makes a cute wheel chair bound teenage guy next door fall in love with her whiny persona, reveals herself as a Courtney Love rock chick from the 90s, but then rapidly turns back into a Stepford wife.This film is so wrong on so many levels. It teaches women that it's better to stay in a comatose marriage where the love has faded, where one's true personality has disappeared, where the in laws are uptight suburban psychopaths always intruding into your life, and that you have to become a snivelling wreck crying and begging your husband for forgiveness, because you managed to escape from that hell for a while and actually felt the magic of life and love again with a teenage guy who is being discounted because of his young age. What a rebel? Not!

Kelly a former punk rocker turned wife and mother is living in the burbs with a hunky husband Josh (Josh Hopkins) in their beautiful home and she is absolutely miserable. The baby cries all the time, she feels that her husband spends way too much time away from home. Josh is always working late. Kelly feels since the birth of their son, that Josh doesn't find her sexy anymore. She misses intimacy with her husband and definitely misses sex. Cal (Jonny Weston) is a teenager who lives down the street from Kelly and Josh. His life was altered after an accident left him with a spinal injury thus putting him into a wheelchair. He is angry and fed up with his circumstances.Kelly meets Cal while she is taking a cigarette break in her yard. Her son can be heard screaming from upstairs as she struggles to light her cigarette and find a moment of peace. Cal is on the other side of the fence and the two strike up a conversation. He notices the baby screaming and after a brief talk leaves at which time Kelly stands up and sees the teenager rolling away in the wheelchair. Later, she shares the moment with her husband and feels remorse at her tone with the handicapped teen.At the suggestion of her husband to get out and walk the baby, Kelly does and once again finds herself seeing Cal. The two become friends. They confide in each other and Cal is a very receptive young guy and he sees things about Kelly that she doesn't and before he can stop it, Cal develops a crush on the older woman. Kelly may be blind to some of her own issues, but she too is tuned in and she zeroes in on Cal and his unfortunate situation. She doesn't treat him or see him as others and being with Cal makes her feel young again. She knows their friendship is odd, but she can't help but want to continue.Juliette Lewis was amazing. Her character is like that of millions of new mothers after the birth of their child feels less desirable and ignored. Kelly was lonely and felt like she was missing out on something. Her mother-in-law Bev (Cybil Shepherd) suggested a night out with her girl-friends. Juliette Lewis gives a fantastic performance as Kelly. She wore her emotions on her face and I kept thinking that Kelly's husband must be plain stupid not to see that she was clearly in distress. It was all over her face and body language. Juliette's character went from melancholia, frustration, happy back to feeling dejected and worthless. Her self esteem was zilch and it showed.Juliette Lewis has come a long way since my seeing her on the television show The Facts of Life. Her performance in Kelly & Cal was award winning. Juliette has been working on a comeback and if this is any indication of what she is capable of showing, I would say she is definitely back! Josh Hopkins was totally convincing with his performance as Josh. He was oblivious to the wants and needs of his wife. He couldn't say or do anything to make her happy. He tried enlisting his mother and sister Julie (Lucy Owen) to help snap his wife out of her depression. In truth, it only made it worse, because Kelly felt on guard and she saw the two women as meddlesome. Things didn't finally dawn on Josh until something happened that threw the situation and Kelly and Cal's friendship in his face. Cybil Shepherd as the concerned mother-in-law was good. She cooked/baked, showered her daughter-in-law with attention and suggestions to help make her see that she was needed to take care of her baby, husband and herself. In one scene Cybil's character arranged for a makeover with a personal shopper who came to Kelly's house. Cybil was ecstatic with the gesture and Juliette Lewis's Kelly was mortified. Funny scene.Lucy Owen owned her role as Julie the nosy/meddlesome/jealous sister- in-law. Whenever she talked to Kelly it was with condescension and her words were laced with jealousy. Julie couldn't understand why Kelly was depressed. She had it all in her assumption and Kelly was seen as being difficult when she should have been happy. Jonny Weston as Cal was perfectly casted. He was charming as well as insanely sarcastic. His character was living from the confines of a wheelchair and he was angry. However, after meeting Kelly, he stopped taking his anti-depressant medication and he was enjoying getting to know her and revisit her heydays of when she was in a band. The boy admired her spirit and over the course of their time spent together, that same free spirit was rubbing off on Cal. Jonny breathed life into the character and to be perfectly honest, I can't imagine watching anyone else doing that. He has a way of drawing the viewer in and holding them in suspension as he tells a story with his acting. Watching Jonny as Cal was like watching him in Chasing Mavericks when he played Jay Moriarity. He is a splendid young actor.A friendship that seems like a good idea at the time leads to some major heartache for both Kelly and Cal and affects Kelly's marriage. Lessons are learned but come with consequences. Kelly & Cal is an awesome movie. I laughed and cheered and wept while watching this film. And if asked, would I recommend it, I would scream...YES!

"Kelly and Cal" is mature-exploration drama with satire comedy and forbidden-and-hidden romance. First question, is this family genre like being noted in many film website? Definitely, not! In first 15 minutes, this film has promising opening, In the middle, when relationship between the older woman (Kelly) and the younger man (Cal) starts weaving, please, It almost disgust me, but thank God, in last 30 minutes it turns out to be it should be. This film has a good and authentic message for you, a new-turned mother, to keep behave. And in this film, it's a real show. But it wouldn't be good if Juliette Lewis and Jonny Weston didn't do their best in this movie.