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Row Your Boat

1999-04-18 · 106 min · ★ 3.9

Drama · Romance · Crime

Jon Bon Jovi plays Jamey Meadows, a man newly released from prison who has found himself homeless on the crazy streets of New York City. Slowly, he must try to build his life up from the gutter. Resisting constant offers from his brother, played by William Forsythe (Dick Tracy, The Rock, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigalo) to rejoin the insidious world of crime, Meadows takes a menial job as a door to door census worker. Among his many encounters throughout this job, he meets a young Chinese immigrant who is just as unhappy in her life as he is in his. These two slowly hit it off and a relationship gradually begins to develop between them. Can Jamey Meadows learn to live in this new life, or will the temptations of his old ways drag him back to where he started?

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Directors
Sollace Mitchell
Production companies
49th Parallel Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jon Bon JoviJon Bon JoviJamey Meadows
Jill HennessyJill HennessyPatti
William ForsytheWilliam ForsytheGil Meadows
Bai LingBai LingChun Hua
Peter KwongPeter KwongTony Lo Fat
John VentimigliaJohn VentimigliaAnton
Joseph Michael MarmoJoey / Gangster
Thomas LennonThomas LennonCensus Taker
Bridget MoynahanBridget MoynahanApartment Owner
Diane ChangHan Feng
Quentin HeggsJiggy
Anika Jennie Ji
José Ramón RosarioJosé Ramón RosarioHomeless Shelter Resident
Alysia ReinerAlysia Reiner(scenes deleted)
Joey Vega
Alvin WalkerJamey's street friend
Huan WangChun Hua's husband
BillybeatzGuy Kissing Girl on Bench (uncredited)
Eileen GalindoEileen GalindoLatina Girl in Apartment Building (uncredited)
John Quincy LeeKidnapped Hostage (uncredited)

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