Niagara Motel

Niagara Motel
Directed by	Gary Yates
Produced by	Phyllis Laing ; Michael Prupas ; Bernard Zukerman
Written by	Dani Romain ; George F. Walker
Starring	Caroline Dhavernas ; Craig Ferguson ; Anna Friel
Music by	Guy Fletcher ; The Lyric Quartet
Cinematography	Ian Wilson
Edited by	Simon Cozens
Distributed by	Mongrel Media (Canada) ; Soda Pictures (United Kingdom)
Release date	March 24, 2006
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$8,000,000

Niagara Motel is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Gary Yates. It was adapted by George F. Walker from Suburban Motel his series of six plays. The film earned numerous nominations, including a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for Caroline Dhavernas.

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

Craig Ferguson as Phillie, the motel caretaker
Peter Keleghan as Henry
Damir Andrei as Boris the Motel Owner
Wendy Crewson as Lily
Anna Friel as Denise
Kristen Holden-Ried as R.J.
Kevin Pollak as Michael
Caroline Dhavernas as Loretta
Catherine Fitch as Sophie
Tom Barnett as Dave

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.[1][2]

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 36% based on 14 reviews, with an average score of 4.96/10.[3]

References

"Niagara Motel Production Notes" (PDF). Mongrel Media. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
Amanda Lefley (2012-01-10). "Say Goodbye to Riverside". The Selkirk Journal. Retrieved 2014-11-30.
Niagara Motel at Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-10-01.

External links

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[1] "Niagara Motel Production Notes" (PDF). Mongrel Media. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-08. Retrieved 2013-08-03.

[2] Amanda Lefley (2012-01-10). "Say Goodbye to Riverside". The Selkirk Journal. Retrieved 2014-11-30.

[3] Niagara Motel at Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-10-01.