You Can Count on Me

You Can Count On Me is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan.

Plot
Sammy (Laura Linney) is a single mother who is extremely protective of her 8-year old son (Rory Culkin). She is satisfied with living in the small town she grew up in and working in a local bank. When her brother Terry (Mark Ruffalo) visits, he fits the void in the life of both her and her son. Temporarily free of the constraints of single motherhood she begins to break free of her normal routine. In a string of traumatic events Sammy is torn between helping her brother and her maternal instinct to protect her son from getting hurt.

Cast
While listed in the main opening credits, Amy Ryan and Michael Countryman, playing Sammy and Terry's parents, appear for only a few seconds in the cold opening of the film, caught in the headlights of the truck that kills them.
 * Laura Linney as Sammy
 * Mark Ruffalo as Terry
 * Matthew Broderick as Brian
 * Jon Tenney as Bob
 * Rory Culkin as Rudy
 * J. Smith-Cameron as Mabel
 * Josh Lucas as Rudy Sr.
 * Gaby Hoffmann as Sheila
 * Adam LeFevre as Sheriff Darryl
 * Amy Ryan as Mrs. Prescott
 * Michael Countryman as Mr. Prescott
 * Kenneth Lonergan as Ron