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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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 | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | None |
| Hearing-impaired | None |
| Subtitles | DVD: None |
| Released | DVD: 26 Sep 2005 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
The cinematic trick of presenting parallel but briefly colliding narratives separate lives that fleetingly cross... read more on Time Out
Sparkingly brilliant...a flavour of 'Magnolia' or 'Pulp Fiction'
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!
So boring that I tried to watch it twice.....because the feedback was quite nice on this one....but I fell asleep twice :O( soooo.....no nice review for this one....
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