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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: New Line Home Video
Salesrank: 65722
Released: November 23, 1999 |
| Our Price: $2.99 |
| Used Price: $0.71 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Just when she met the man of her dreams along came her husband to ruin everything. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2004 Starring: Keanu Reeves Vincent Donofrio Run time: 99 minutes Rating: R Director: Steven Baigelman
Description of Feeling Minnesota:
In his debut effort, director/writer Steven Baigleman put together an interesting premise and collected a talented cast to execute it. Unfortunately, he never sets the tone, so we are caught between a wildly black comedy and an emotionally brutal drama. A firmer footing in either genre would have better defined our reactions to it. Keanu Reeves plays Jjaks, a man so badly trod upon by fate that his very name is the result of a typo. He arrives back at his mother's house in a lower working-class Minnesota neighborhood to witness the marriage of his older brother (Vincent D'Onofrio) to an obviously reluctant bride (Cameron Diaz). By the time Jjaks is on his way, he's stolen a car, a dog, and his brother's wife. You have to give Baigleman credit for serving up intriguing characters. Unfortunately, he spins the story in circles instead of moving it along. Reeves and Diaz attempt to leave Minnesota, but never quite make it. Reeves repeatedly returns to a boyhood home he hates, always stumbling into his brother's angry clutches. What does work are the performances. Diaz is both sad and strong as the tough cookie who happens to be the smartest character in the movie. D'Onofrio's stupid nastiness is offset by his crushing love for her and an uncontrollable jealousy of Jjaks. Most surprising is Reeves, who makes us feel for his angry, unhappy loser by revealing flashes of decency under a toughened exterior. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Feeling Minnesota Reviews:
AWESOME MOVIE 
2009-05-12 - I LOVE THIS MOVIE, THE CHARACTERS ARE GREAT, IT'S FUNNY, MOVING, DARK AND ADVENTEROUS ALL AT THE SAME TIME...I HAVE WATCHED IT AT LEAST THREE TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED IT, I LOVE IT AND RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE.
dvd purchase 
2009-03-02 - a new copy of my very own! so happy when it came-fast-and have been watching it ever since- pristine condition
Feeling Minnesota
2009-02-28 - As always, product came in excellent shape and in a timely matter. After going crazy looking for this film "on foot", I can always depend on Amazon.com to find what I'm looking for!
Feeling ill after wasting time with this movie 
2008-11-10 - Because my wife & I grew up in Minnesota and we have enjoyed some of actors we thought this could be interesting. WRONG! It is dull, vain, profane, worthless way to spend 99 minutes. After the 1st 5 minutes we considered turning it off, but continued to look for some comdedy or something that might bring back fond or funny memories of life in Minnestoa. That was our second mistake, right behind renting this in the 1st place! While some of the acting was OK, it lacked plot & seemed like an excuse for good actors to use bad language and act stupid. There is nothing here that remotely resembles life in MN other than some of the scenery. In some ways it reminded me of a really bad Tom & Jerry cartoon with the characters bashing each other for no reason and with no effects. Actally saying that is probably unfair to T & J cartoons as they have more plot & humor. After it was over, I felt nausated that we had wasted almost 2 hours of time on this trash. Our advice - don't make the same mistake watching this polluted video mess!
Not perfect, but still entertaining
2008-11-09 - I'm not a K. Reeves fan so I was hesitant about seeing the dvd. However I like the other actors and took a chance. I like the interaction between Reeves and Diaz and D'Onofrio. They were able to elevate his performance and make an enjoyable small movie. Sam (D'Onofrio) works as a mob accountant and Freddie(Diaz) who owes them moeny is forced to marry him. On her wedding day she meets Sam's brother jjaks (Reeves) and hooks up with him. There are several twist and turns, but it more a study of some losers and how they ry to work themselves out of dilemmas. Sam is goofy, but he is also unpredictible and violent. jjaks tries to save freddie but he also has some loyalty to his brother. A think plot but at least the characters are original.
