The Uncles

The Uncles is a 2000 Canadian drama film directed by James Allodi.[1]

The Uncles
Directed byJames Allodi
Written byJames Allodi
Produced byNicholas de Pencier
StarringChris Owens
Kelly Harms
Tara Rosling
CinematographySteve Cosens
Edited byDavid Wharnsby
Christopher Donaldson
Music byOrest Hrynewich
Stephen Skratt
Production
company
Runaway Goat Productions
Release date
September 11, 2000 (TIFF)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film stars Chris Owens as John, an Italian Canadian restaurant manager in Toronto who is supporting his brother Marco (Kelly Harms), a college student, and sister Celia (Tara Rosling), who is disabled after a head injury.[2] When Celia develops an obsession with kidnapping neighbourhood babies to indulge her maternal instincts, John and Marco hatch a plan to get her pregnant so that she'll have her own baby and stop stealing other people's.[3] The film's cast also includes Dino Tavarone, Veronica Hurnick, Nicola Lipman, Deborah Grover, Alan Van Sprang, Tony Nappo and Carlos Díaz.

The film premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] It was a finalist for the Best Canadian Film award at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2001,[5] and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[6]

Owens received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002.[7]

References
  1. "Light-hearted film brings Toronto's Little Italy to life". National Post, June 15, 2001.
  2. "Plots collide on College St.". Toronto Star, June 29, 2001.
  3. "Planned parenting turns creepy". The Globe and Mail, June 29, 2001.
  4. "Festival's Canadian series opens in Maelstrom ; Quirky film by Denis Villeneuve one of 15 homegrown features premiering this year". Toronto Star, July 26, 2000.
  5. "‘Memento’ remembered by Toronto crix". Variety, December 19, 2001.
  6. "Lists, lists and lists: Tops in video". Peterborough Examiner, December 20, 2001.
  7. "Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". Toronto Star, December 13, 2001.


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