Niagara Motel
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Director Gary Yates Language English | 6/10 IMDb Duration Country Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Dani Romain , George F. Walker Release date March 24, 2006 (2006-03-24) Tagline Pack your bags. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara motel trailer
Niagara Motel is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Gary Yates. The film earned numerous nominations, including a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for Caroline Dhavernas.
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Plot
Niagara Motel features its namesake and the ongoings amongst the inhabitants of the motel and linked Riverside Grill coffee shop located in Niagara Falls. The characters include the owner and his daughter (Andrei and Fitch), their newly pregnant waitress (Dhavernas) being recruited to star in low budget porn videos, a young couple (Friel and Holden-Reid) with a criminal past struggling to recover their child from social services, and a middle class husband and wife (Keleghan and Crewson) in a marriage that is disintegrating in near-record time - all led by a drunken motel caretaker (Ferguson).
Cast
Production
The film was based on George F. Walker's six play series Suburban Motel.
Locations
While some scenes were filmed in Niagara Falls, Ontario, most of the film was filmed in and around Winnipeg, Manitoba. The motel scenes were filmed in Steinbach. Additional scenes were filmed in Lockport and Selkirk, where the real Riverside Grill stood until 2012.
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 37% based on 14 reviews.
References
Niagara Motel WikipediaNiagara Motel IMDb Niagara Motel themoviedb.org