AA great movie. Somehow I have run into a string of movies lately where the lives of about 6 people all intertwine with each other during the movie. This one is the best of all. Danny Aiello plays an excellent part, along with Paul Mazursky. What we have is a divorced couple, and... read more
Danny Aiello,
Greg Cruttwell,
Jeff Daniels,
James Spader,
Teri Hatcher
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A variety of crooks, losers, and working stiffs living in the shadow of Hollywood find their various personal crises overlapping in this intricately woven melodrama. Lee Woods (James Spader) is a cold... read more
DVD Release Date: August 7, 2001
Stats: 359 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (359)
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November 7, 2009
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September 24, 2009
A great cast and a good film but it seemed like it was trying to be something it wasn?t, an American Mike Leigh film if you will!
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September 11, 2007
Extremely underrated Tarantino- esque ensemble film from writer/Director John Herzfeld. It's quirky characters, bursts of blood, and sly humor make this (unfairly dubbed!) "Pulp Fiction Clone" definately worth checking out.
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July 16, 2007
Lee Woods: You have one minute to decide the rest of your life.
A hit man comedy set in the San Fernando Valley, about a number of peoples lives intertwined during the course of 48 hours.
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June 10, 2007
A strange film following the lives of a few characters who all get mixed up in each others lives during 2 days in the valley. Stars a young Terri Hatcher and Charlize Theron in unusual roles for both. Similar idea to Crash but no where near as good.
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April 5, 2007
Yet another post Tarantino crime thriller, but a decently written one. A little self-conciously quirky, but Jeff Daniels is great as the sneeringly obnoxious cop.
Critic Reviews
Herzfeld has a tolerable eye for filling a 'Scope frame but a tin ear when it comes to creating dialogue; these are all characters we've met before, and most even seem bored with themselves. Full Review
A sleek, amusingly nasty screen debut by a film maker whose television credits include an Amy Fisher docudrama. Full Review
Funny, pathetic, sad, absurdist -- writer-director John Herzfeld plays it any number of ways, and makes them all work. Full Review
There are too many characters, but some are a lot of fun. The tone shifts, from graphic murder to wig-flipping farce, are too extreme, but much of it works. Full Review
The plot underlies even the most inexplicable scenes and eventually links even the most widely separated characters, but what makes the movie fun is the dialogue and the behavior. Full Review
It's pure entertainment -- nothing too serious, nothing too deep -- with an artistic sensibility. Full Review
This produces some rather nasty-funny surprises.
A sharp, smart movie peppered with A-grade performances from its B-list cast. Full Review
It's not that this is a bad, blackly comic slice-of-lowlife: It's just that you've just seen it all before. Full Review
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