Press Release Criterion Press Release: You Can Count on Me (2000) (4k UHD Combo) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

Celebrated playwright Kenneth Lonergan first brought his rich, humanist vision to the screen with this soulful look at the complexities of a sibling relationship whose roots are as knotted as they are deep. Years after Sammy (Laura Linney) and her younger brother, Terry (Mark Ruffalo), lost their parents in a car crash, small-town single mother Sammy is plunged into another crisis when the troubled, adrift Terry comes home for what turns out to be an extended stay—one that could either bring them closer together or tear them apart. With infinite grace and his peerless ear for dialogue, Lonergan offers something all too rare on-screen: beautifully flawed human beings whose journeys offer achingly relatable insight into what changes when you grow up—and what doesn’t.
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You Can Count on Me​

Celebrated playwright Kenneth Lonergan first brought his rich, humanist vision to the screen with this soulful look at the complexities of a sibling relationship whose roots are as knotted as they are deep. Years after Sammy (Laura Linney) and her younger brother, Terry (Mark Ruffalo), lost their parents in a car crash, small-town single mother Sammy is plunged into another crisis when the troubled, adrift Terry comes home for what turns out to be an extended stay—one that could either bring them closer together or tear them apart. With infinite grace and his peerless ear for dialogue, Lonergan offers something all too rare on-screen: beautifully flawed human beings whose journeys offer achingly relatable insight into what changes when you grow up—and what doesn’t.


FILM INFO

• United States
• 2000
• 111 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #1271

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Kenneth Lonergan, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Audio commentary featuring Lonergan
• New interviews with Lonergan and actors Matthew Broderick, Laura Linney, and Mark Ruffalo
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by playwright Rebecca Gilman and the script of the original one-act play
  
  New cover by Eric Skillman
  
  July 22, 2025

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[Rob W]

I will watch Laura Linney in anything !

 

[bujaki]

I will watch Laura Linney in anything !

And this an excellent film as well. Added value is Mark Ruffalo's performance.
I was lucky to have seen Linney on Broadway, along with Liam Neeson, in Miller's The Crucible.

 

[Rob W]

I was lucky to have seen Linney on Broadway, along with Liam Neeson, in Miller's The Crucible.

Saw her in The Little Foxes with Cynthia Nixon...