All the Real Girls / Undertow

ALL THE REAL GIRLS, 2003, Sony Pictures Classics, 108 min. Precocious young womanizer Paul (Paul Schneider) suddenly finds himself falling head-over-heels in love with Noel (Zooey Deschanel), but he wants to wait until the time is exactly right before they have sex. Unhappily, Noel is the sister of Tip (Shea Whigham), Paul’s best friend who is well aware of his buddy’s formidable reputation with the ladies.

UNDERTOW, 2004, MGM Repertory, 108 min. Dir. David Gordon Green. When John Munn (Dermot Mulroney) and his two sons (Jamie Bell and Devon Allan) are joined in their backwoods Georgia home by ex-con Uncle Deel (Josh Lucas), past family resentments boil over. A story of hidden gold and an unexpected act of violence send the boys fleeing through the wilds and over back roads, looking for safety and shelter.