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15-year old Scott Bartlett's family life is turned upside-down after an outbreak of Lyme disease hits the community spreading illness and paranoia. Scott's parents -- a workaholic father, Mickey, and an overprotective mother, Brenda -- are on the verge of a divorce as his older brother Jim is about to ship off for war. Complicating matters, Scott has fallen in love with his next door neighbor, Adrianna Bragg. Adrianna seems to be the only person in the world who understands Scott demonstrated by her equally troubled, less affluent family including an uptight mother, Melissa, carrying on a not-so-clandestine love affair, and a father, Charlie, slowly slipping away from the effects of Lyme disease.

The characters in this movie are realistic in thier struggle to find meaning via personal connections. The acting is spot-on. The story builds beautifully, and by the end, everything flows into a coherent whole. Artful without being pretentious, Lymelife is something special.

Logline: Two families fall apart when precarious relationships, real estate problems and Lyme disease converge in suburban Long Island in the late 70s.

Genres: Comedy and Drama

Running Time: 1 hr. 34 min.

Release Date: April 17th, 2009 (limited)

MPAA Rating: R for language, some sexual content, violence and drug use.

Distributors: Screen Media Films

Production Co.: Cappa Productions, Martini Bros. Production, El Dorado Pictures

Filming Locations: New Jersey
New Jersey, USA

Produced in: United States