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13 Conversations About One Thing Details

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The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability. Read more

Starring Matthew McConaughey, John Turturro, Amy Irving, Clea DuVall
Director Jill Sprecher
Genres Drama

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13 Conversations About One Thing

The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.

Starring Matthew McConaughey, John Turturro, Amy Irving, Clea DuVall, Clea Duvall, Tia Texada, Alan Arkin
Director Jill Sprecher
Studio HIGH FLIERS
Run time DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Drama
Language English
Dubbed None
Hearing-impaired None
Subtitles None
Released DVD: 26 Sep 2005
Production year: 2001
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (3) of 13 Conversations About One Thing

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  • The cinematic trick of presenting parallel but briefly colliding narratives separate lives that fleetingly cross... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
  • Sparkingly brilliant...a flavour of 'Magnolia' or 'Pulp Fiction'

    • Marie Claire
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  • 40 out of 40 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Quirky and intriguing

    This is one of those films that features a number of different cross cutting stories which appear to be, but are not, happenning at the same time. Like a Robert Altman film or Magnolia, the characters appear in and influence the other stories. What links them is that they are all talking about happiness and the role of fate - how do we get happiness and how does it go away or is it given up? I really liked this film - I found the ensemble acting and multi layered storytelling to be refreshing. I also thought it raised some interesting and provoking ideas. However the stories themselves were uneven - the film is dominated by a strong performance by Alan Arkin as an ill tempered and vindictive insurance salesman who is also capable of kindness - in contrast the story featuring John Turturro felt less fully developed. The overall tone of the film was pessimistic - but I felt it was all the better for that!

      • Tim from London
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Existential

    I have rated this a 3 because, although i really enjoyed the movie, it lacked a basic entertainment value and as a previous reviewer mentioned, a little depressing. However from a thought provoking angle and its interpretation of how we are all connected, i believe it was brilliant and if my 1st 2 points are not an issue then i'd highly recommend it.

      • Interpreter from Scotland
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