Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Olympia Dukakis,
Judy Greer,
Naseeruddin Shah,
Tony Shalhoub
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A collection of everyday New Yorkers struggle to carry on with their increasingly stressful lives a year after the city was forever changed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Brooklyn-native Danny Leine... read more
DVD Release Date: September 12, 2006
Stats: 546 reviews
Capitalizing on tragedy - blatantly and superficially. The script is too unspecific. It expects the audience to fill in the blanks of these characters' lives with our own interesting anecdotes and vocabulary. There's nothing insightful or different about these people. They're... read more
Much less crappy than I thought it would be. A handful of good character studies done by good actors made it decent. Especially Tony Shaloub and his A-hole character that he always seems to play when he isn't Monk. Plus Judy Greer is nice to look at.
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[font=Century Gothic]Satish(Sharat Saxena) and Avi(Naseeruddin Shah) are two bodyguards who go about their jobs.[/font... read more
It sounded interesting, and the acting was alright, but it was too confusing.
The storylines jumped around abruptly, and far too many things were unclear.
I really enjoyed this movie about the struggles of different individuals in New York one year after 9/11.
It's funny quite often, completely heartbreaking at times and a little boring at others. But great performances by the entire cast (including a fabulous bit of casting in Stephen Colbert as a principal) help make up for what could have ultimately been a bit more clever look at th... read more
The box calls it a "deliciously bittersweet comic triumph". For me it was none of the four. I saw it yesterday and had today to think about it and read about it. I would have shortened it by having the "ordinary man" hit his psychologist with a chair in the first scene. I did enj... read more
It's a bit ordinary. I suppose it's meant to be, given the theme - but nothing really grabs you. Maybe I expected a tad more...
not the worst thing I've ever sat through but I just couldn't see where they were going. And the little boy ascareded me
i like it when there's a buncha stories going on at once, but none of the characters were very likable. I do like the part where steve colbert tells two parents that their kid has a "heart made of shit and splinters"...
It may be the 9/11 movie to which the most people can relate. For most of us, that date wasn't about personal heroics or losing loved ones or survival. It was about processing the impossible and reali... Full Review
Luminous, affecting, and at times humorous take on 9/11's aftermath. Full Review
While the film rarely imparts a true sense of messy everyday feelings and the strife of real life, the fine actors take your mind off the shortcomings. Full Review
Set on the one-year anniversary of the twin towers' collapse, the drama interweaves five stories about New Yorkers. It's a testament to the city's resolve to resume life as normal.
...director Danny Leiner uses a dainty palette of tristesse (untouched when he made Dude, Where's My Car?) to suggest that the shadow of 9/11 makes every discontent more pathetic. Full Review
The stories don't really connect, and for all the film's portentous shots of the changed skyline, there's no sense that 9/11 really changed these people. Full Review
Why is such a talented cast doing such weak material? This finally becomes clear an hour in, when most of the actors get to do what they love: play emotional breakdowns.
The stories are eye-opening and heartwarming at the same time, but you'll be moved less by empathy for the characters than by the summoning of your own emotional memories. This movie is personal. Full Review
This mysteriously rich, mostly wonderful comedy-drama takes place in September 2002, when the lives of its unconnected New Yorkers have returned to something that looks like normal. 'Normal' being a t... Full Review
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