''Morning'' is a 2010 American drama film written by, directed by and starring

Leland Orser Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American actor. He has appeared in numerous film and television roles, notably as Lucien Dubenko in the television series '' ER'' (2004–2009) and Sam Gilroy in the '' Taken'' film series (2008–20 ...

. The film also stars

Jeanne Tripplehorn Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born June 10, 1963) is an American actress. She began her career on stage, acting in several plays throughout the early 1990s, including Anton Chekhov's '' Three Sisters'' on Broadway. Her film career began with the rol ...

Laura Linney Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress. Having studied acting at Juilliard School (1986-1990), she became known for her complex and multilayered performances on stage and screen. She has received various accolades, ...

and

Elliott Gould Elliott Gould (; né Goldstein; born August 29, 1938) is an American actor. He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s. Elliott's breakthrough role was in the ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' (1969), for which he received a nomination f ...

. It is Orser's directorial debut. It is also based on Orser's 2007 short film of the same name.

Cast

as Alice Munroe *

as Mark Munroe *

as Dr. Goodman *

Julie White Julie K. White (born June 4, 1961) is an American actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in ''The Little Dog Laughed'' in 2007. She has also received three other Tony Award nominations for her performance ...

as Mary *Gina Morelli as Lluvia *

Kyle Chandler Kyle Martin Chandler (born September 17, 1965) is an American actor. Making his screen acting debut in a 1988 television film, '' Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story'', Chandler's first regular television role was in the ABC drama '' Hom ...

as Businessman *

as Male Dr. Goodman *

Charlie McDermott Charles Joseph McDermott Jr. (born April 6, 1990) is an American television and film actor, and musician, best known for his role as Axl Heck on ABC's '' The Middle''. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male ...

as Jesse *

Jason Ritter Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Kevin Girardi in the television series '' Joan of Arcadia'', Ethan Haas in '' The Class'', Sean Walker in the NBC series ''The Event'', ...

as Hotel Receptionist *Ewan Chung as Cosmetics Salesman *Katie Traina as Young Mother Tracy *Sawyer Ellis White as Boy *Lydia Blanco as Sales Clerk *

Ellis Williams Ellis E. Williams (born June 28, 1951) is an American film and television actor/comedian who is better known for playing "Henry Hughley" (father of Darryl Hughley, played by comedian D.L. Hughley) on the sitcom, ''The Hughleys''. Early life Wi ...

as Bartender *

Susan Dalian Susan Patterson Dalian (born September 15, 1968) is an American actress who is primarily known among anime fans as the voice of Haku in the first season of ''Naruto'' and the Screen Gems film ''The Brothers''. Early life and education Dalia ...

as Nurse *Birdie Num Num as Dog

Production

''Morning'' was filmed in 21 days.

Reception

The film has a 45% rating on

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang ...

. Andrew Frisicano of ''

Time Out Time-out, Time Out, or timeout may refer to: Time * Time-out (sport), in various sports, a break in play, called by a team * Television timeout, a break in sporting action so that a commercial break may be taken * Timeout (computing), an enginee ...

'' gave the film two stars out of five.

References

External links

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