The last we heard of “Welcome to the Riley’s” was back at Sundance, when MTV’s Eric Ditzian called Kristen Stewart’s performance “utterly fearless.” The official trailer has finally been released, and in addition to the trailer reveal, the ‘Official Welcome To The Rileys’ Twitter page announced yesterday that the release date in limited theaters will be November 5th. In the movie, a subdued James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo star as parents grieving the death of their daughter in a car accident. He travels to New Orleans on business, stumbles across Stewart’s runaway character in a restaurant, and decides he’s going to get her life on track because she looks like the child he lost. Leo’s character overcomes her stress-induced agoraphobia and eventually follows him to the New Orleans, where she tries to save her marriage, and Stewart from a life on the pole.

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Of the cast, Roger Ebert had this to say, “Gandolfini demonstrates that although he may not be conventionally handsome, when he smiles his face bathes you in the urge to like him. Kristen Stewart here is tougher even than her punk rocker in ‘The Runaways’. Who knew she had these notes? I’m discovering an important new actress.” USA Today commented, “Those who prefer [Stewart] only as ‘Twilight’s’ lovestruck Bella may be shocked, while others who know her more nuanced work in films such as ‘Adventureland’ will see a fearless new side of the actress confirmed. . . . Stewart deserves credit for taking the risk of playing this part. It’s a shockingly sexual performance…”

Every actress must play a hooker at some point in her career. I suspect we’ll get at least one scene of Gandolfini and/or Leo watching Stewart on stage, tears in their eyes. I think it’s going to be a wonderful movie that everyone needs to see with superb acting, regardless how small the release is.

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