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The Guys (2002)

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Reviews Counted:61

Fresh:44

Rotten:17

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: A moving tribute.

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: After the 9-11 tragedy the New York Theatre community was reeling and trying to find a way to respond to the horrific event with equal parts respect and reverence. In Tribeca, located blocks away... After the 9-11 tragedy the New York Theatre community was reeling and trying to find a way to respond to the horrific event with equal parts respect and reverence. In Tribeca, located blocks away from Ground Zero, Manhattan Flea Theater's Artistic Director, Jim Simpson, decided to commission a play from his friend Anne Nelson, a Columbia School of Journalism professor, after hearing her true story of meeting with a New York City Fire Captain to help him write eulogies for his fallen fire fighters. Her story became THE GUYS, which has now been adapted and directed by Simpson for the big screen and stars Sigourney Weaver (Simpson's wife) as Joan, a freelance journalist living and working in Manhattan during the days following September 11th. Joan is horrified by the tragedy, but feels like an incapable bystander, until she meets Nick (Anthony LaPaglia) a veteran New York City Fire Captain who must speak at numerous memorial services for his fallen men. Paralyzed by grief, the big-hearted blue-collar hero is incapable of expressing his true feelings until Joan begins to carefully elicit touching stories and anecdotes from him. Joan sensitively responds to Nick's colorful and mournful memories and slowly the very real human lives of his firefighters begin to take the shape of the eulogies he must deliver. Together, the two New Yorkers, affected by September 11th in very different ways, comfort and heal each other in this very personal and moving tribute to the fallen heroes of 9-11. [More]

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Anthony LaPaglia

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Anthony LaPaglia

Director: Jim Simpson

Director: Jim Simpson
Producer: Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente
Studio: Focus Features

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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

The occasional intercut of fire department surveillance camera footage isn't exactly making the most of the cinema medium.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
02/06/09
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

Painfully earnest but sporadically quite moving...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
03/19/08
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

No review available.

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08/29/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The Guys accurately reflects all the helplessness and directionless determination of those unreal days.

Full Review Source: Bangitout.com | comment Comment
12/27/04
Jordan Hiller
Jordan Hiller
Bangitout.com

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Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
04/23/04
Greg Muskewitz
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com

If you want an idea of what New York was like in the immediate days after 9/11, here you go.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
09/12/03
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

A noble attempt, but not much more.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
07/04/03
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A well-intentioned misfire that doesn't work in the way it intended.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
07/04/03
Randy Cordova
Randy Cordova
Arizona Republic

Weaver, LaPaglia and director Simpson have little problem keeping us involved as they grapple with conflicting feelings in the ways nearly all Americans did.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
07/04/03
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press

[An example of our instinct to] moderate collective tragedies into easily-digested cud for bovine mastication on the Oprah show.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
07/03/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
07/02/03
Boston Phoenix

Do not miss this film.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
06/21/03
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

A modest masterpiece.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
06/20/03
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

Besides the fact that it's about 9/11, it's also an effective film because you learn something about the lives of the firemen who are willing to lay down their lives for our safety, which was true long before the year 2001

Full Review Source: Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
05/19/03
Greg Dean Schmitz
Greg Dean Schmitz
Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies

What makes the movie work — to an admittedly limited extent — is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers. Weaver and LaPaglia are both excellent, in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
05/05/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

One of those rare and exemplary motion pictures that is likely to make audiences of strangers want to hold hands.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
05/01/03
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer

If anyone needs reminding of those profound post-9/11 feelings, now or later, The Guys will be there to do it.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
04/22/03
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

The sobriety of the play has been preserved at the expense of the movie.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
04/15/03
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
 
 
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