Matthew Broderick,
Virginia Madsen,
Alan Alda,
Dylan Baker,
Louis C.K.
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Author Sherwood Kiraly pens the screenplay adaptation of his own comedic novel concerning a man (Matthew Broderick) who gets amnesia after suffering a blow to the head and the road trip he embarks on ... read more
DVD Release Date: November 25, 2008
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December 4, 2008Hilarious movie by Terry Kinney. A good story plot that follows Cooper (Matthew Broderick) who deals with random memory loss due to an injury from a fight. Cooper is a comic editor who tries to regain all that he had previously before the accident. He returns to his hometown to c... read more
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May 12, 2009this was funny, sad, and gave us all a look at the possibilities of aging, our parents and our own, BRAVO! MR ALDA!!!!
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July 21, 2008Some first-rate performers working beautifully together. Two characters both with mental diminuendo may be much for one script, however well played by Matthew Broderick and Alan Alda. Three or more might establish it as a motif, but two is neither here nor there, except for vie... read more
Critic Reviews
December 8, 2008
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
July 16, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Alda's Hawkeye Pierce charm gives way to something snappish and cagey, while Broderick's fussy stiffness is perfect. Full Review
July 4, 2008
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
The actors look as if they're having a reasonably fine time, but there's no sense of commitment here, no sense that this was a movie that absolutely, passionately had to be made.
July 4, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A mild pleasure from one end to the other, but not much more. Full Review
July 3, 2008
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Striving for low-key character comedy, Diminished Capacity ends up diminishing its returns. Full Review
July 3, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It has moments of sweetness, but not enough poignancy or wit to turn it into the endearing art-house comedy that it aspires to be. Full Review
July 2, 2008
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Diminished Capacity is blessed with a blue-ribbon cast. Full Review
July 1, 2008
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
It's the kind of lite movie you go and see with your mom, and she'll say she liked it -- but then a year later, you're both trying to remember what it was even about. Full Review
January 28, 2008
John Anderson, Variety
A pleasant enough diversion, but DC will be bettered watched from the horizontal position of a couch, one to which the film seems all too eager to send you. Full Review
January 23, 2008
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Plays like diminished comedy.
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