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13 Conversations About One Thing
2001
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 |
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| 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 | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | None |
| Hearing-impaired | None |
| Subtitles | None |
| Released | DVD: 26 Sep 2005 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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The cinematic trick of presenting parallel but briefly colliding narratives separate lives that fleetingly cross... read more on Time Out
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Sparkingly brilliant...a flavour of 'Magnolia' or 'Pulp Fiction'
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40 out of 40 people found this review helpful
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!
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Most recent members' review
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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.
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