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Timothy Hutton, Mira Sorvino, Dana Delany, Mario Van Peebles, India Ennenga ... see more see more... , Laila Robins , Stockard Channing , Nadia Dassouki , Chris Sarandon , Joan Jett , Marcus Schenkenberg , Franklin Ojeda Smith , Alex Manette , Eric Sheffer Stevens , Tim Bohn , Julia Murney , Leslie Lyles , Paris Rose Yates , Stephen Singer , Jason Denuszek , Brett Berg , Emily Tremaine , Meg Gibson , Tom Skerritt

A frustrated architect tries his hand at being a playwright when his life hits a disheartening plateau. New York City, 1979: Gabriel Richmond (Timothy Hutton) is a family man with a high-paying job. L... read more read more...ately, however, he's been skirting his responsibilities -- both at home and at work. Turning introspective, Gabriel decides to pen a play about his life and his family. The goal is to be as honest and objective as possible, and the process ultimately proves somewhat therapeutic as he revisits his past decisions and ponders how he'd live his life again if given a second chance. But just as Gabriel's play starts to come together, his life starts to fall apart. Mira Sorvino, Mario Van Peebles, and Stockard Channing co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Brooks Branch

Release Date: May 7, 2010

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DVD Release Date: August 10, 2010

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  • LWOODS04
    September 4, 2010
    LWOODS04
    Cast: Timothy Hutton, Mira Sorvino, Dana Delany, Mario Van Peebles, India Ennenga, Laila Robins, Stockard Channing, Joan Jett, Chris Sarandon

    Director: Brooks Branch

    Summary: In 1979, architect Gabriel (Timothy Hutton) begins questioning his existence, avoiding work and esc... read moreaping into the fictional world of movies. When he starts writing a play examining the choices he's made, it creates issues with his wife (Dana Delany), daughter (India Ennenga) and friends. Meanwhile, he tries to convince a brassy literary agent (Stockard Channing) to represent him and confides in his best friend (Mira Sorvino) in this indie drama.

    My Thoughts: "Well it literally starts out with him having everything. A wife, child, and a good job. But then it all falls apart, and then all comes back together again but in a different way then it began. It's definitely a character driven movie. The characters are relatable. India Ennenga, who plays the daughter is really good in this. But Timothy Hutton is the scene stealer and the main character throughout. He was really good in this movie. I also liked Mira Sorvino in this a lot. Her character was just fun and honest. It has a lot of great characters. I don't think this is a movie a lot of people will care for. Some will get the brilliance of it, and others will, well not get it. But it did the job for me. It was funny, interesting, and relatable. The most out there scene is with the dancing tampons (have to see the movie to understand that last line). So to end this, the acting was good and so was the story line. It's not a blockbuster by any means, but its a good story with a sense of deep meaning."
  • gator681
    May 25, 2011
    gator681
    In "Multiple Sarcasms," Gabriel(Timothy Hutton) takes the day off from work as an architect to go to the Cinema Village to see "Starting Over" and in the process helps a homeless man. His boss Rocky(Mario Van Peebles) has been noting his lack of interest at work for a while, esp... read moreecially on a project for Lauren(Laila Robins). A lot of that has to do with trying to write a play but since it is not yet complete, Pamela(Stockard Channing), an agent, will not represent him since she "represents playwrights, not schmucks," hanging up on him. Also sensing something amiss with her husband and wanting to get into the bathroom at some point, Annie(Dana Delany) suggests a trip to visit her relatives.

    While it might be tragic for a person not to live up to their true potential, it can also be a little sad for a movie to do so which is true for the underwhelming "Multiple Sarcasms" with its totally unnecessary vulgarity. The movie has an intriguing premise and a great cast but even they cannot redeem something so flatly executed. The promise comes from hints at a meta approach to a midlife crisis but that only comes at the very beginning and end, leaving a vast wasteland in the middle. To be honest, any games of what if should end when a person first becomes a parent which is the point of no return.
  • SC007
    January 13, 2012
    SC007
    The film was so so. It needed a rewrite. It seemed at times that it wasn't balanced. The pacing was off. On the positive the film does have some great scenes in it. Timothy Hutton is ok as the lead, but I was expecting better from him. Mira Sorvino steals the film. She is great i... read moren every scene of the film. Stockard Channing, Dana Delany, and Mario Van Peebles provide solid supporting work here. It was great seeing Joan Jett in the film. The film is worth checking out for Mira Sorvino's performance.
  • Ghw12158
    October 16, 2011
    Ghw12158
    amazing all star cast like the kind they could only do during the studio system as an unhappy man trasshes his marriage and career while writing a play about it all this period piece set in the halycon daze of 1979.
  • ghostwolfent
    April 12, 2010
    ghostwolfent
    I saw this at the Phoenix Film Festival. I was told it was a hilarious comedy but it really is just a Drama with some funny bits.

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Bill Goodykoontz
May 13, 2010
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic

An hour-and-a-half mopefest so complete that by the end of it, you want to give Hutton's character a smack in the face and tell him to stop whining, already. Full Review

Stephen Holden
May 7, 2010
Stephen Holden, New York Times

Why devote a single moment of your time to listening to his character, Gabriel Richmond, bellyache ad nauseam about having everything and still being miserable?

Lou Lumenick
May 7, 2010
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

First-time filmmaker Brooks Branch underutilizes an estimable cast... Full Review

Betsy Sharkey
May 6, 2010
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times

Multiple Sarcasms is Woody Allen lite -- there's a lot of introspective fumbling around and intellectual foreplay. But in the end, instead of a satisfying climax, it feels like someone is faking it. Full Review

Brian Miller
May 4, 2010
Brian Miller, Village Voice

A vanity production by Branch, previously a studio branding consultant, it's the kind of odious, self-validating wish fulfillment that actually makes you appreciate the more generous self-absorption o... Full Review

Ronnie Scheib
April 15, 2010
Ronnie Scheib, Variety

Timothy Hutton's fine, loose-limbed perf as a man adrift lifts Multiple Sarcasms, frosh scribe-helmer Brooks Branch's male menopause apologia, out of cliche-ridden territory -- at least temporarily. Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
May 27, 2010
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

A tedious and unappealing portrait of the obsession of a middle-age architect to write a play.

Tony Medley
May 22, 2010
Tony Medley, tonymedley.com

The simplistic philosophy and cast of characters out of Hollywood's bag of cliches are bad enough, but do we have to be confronted with women's female problems, too? Full Review

Frank Swietek
May 20, 2010
Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion

Might serve a useful therapeutic function for its writer-director, but for the rest of us the exercise in self-examination will have a much less beneficial effect, unless you suffer from insomnia. Full Review

Doris Toumarkine
May 10, 2010
Doris Toumarkine, Film Journal International

So-so, light tale of a successful New York architect who endangers his comfortable, conventional life to navel-gaze and write a play provides some moments for the always watchable Timothy Hutton. But ... Full Review

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