One of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals...a psychological masterpiece.
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05/24/02
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002)
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Reviews Counted:109
Fresh:90
Rotten:19
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is an intelligent and poignant look at lives intersecting.
Theatrical Release:17-06-2005
Synopsis: A man approaching middle age decides to change his life. A rising young attorney's plans are thrown into disarray as the result of a single act. A woman faces her husband's infidelity. An envious... [More]
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, John Turturro, Clea DuVall, Amy Irving
Director: Jill Sprecher
Reviews for Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Coulda been a contender.
05/24/02
It tells more than it shows.
05/24/02
[Spreche's] lucid framing and graceful, deliberate pacing lift the movie above the pop mysticism of its conceit.
05/24/02
Top CriticDirector Jill Sprecher keeps the Conversations on track, balancing poignancy and humor with all the depressing stuff.
05/24/02
Top CriticThirteen Conversations might have been as deep as it clearly aspired to be had more of its folks been designed, like Gene, to represent more than one thing.
05/24/02
A decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies.
05/23/02
It starts slowly, but this contemplative drama's cumulative effect is genuinely haunting.
05/23/02
It takes a while for this oddball film -- a mosaic of stories in the style of Magnolia -- to take hold, but when it does, it grabs you hard.
05/23/02
As writers, the Sprechers are able to capture the minutia and politics of the office world perfectly.
05/22/02
[A] rare film that has you thinking about the characters as if they were real people.
05/22/02
The screenplay tries to digest Kant, Sartre, and Bertrand Russell, but seems preemptively fatigued by its appointment with Destiny.
05/21/02
The very definition of the 'small' movie, but it is a good stepping stone for director Sprecher.
05/21/02
The film's characters never gain our sympathies. Their depression becomes ours.
04/24/02
Top CriticWhat with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity, the worries of the rich and sudden wisdom, the film becomes a sermon for most of its running time.
04/12/02
A theatrical story of ideas, a comical and poignant investigation of what it takes to be happy.
04/10/02
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories, and, like a Mobius strip, elliptically loops back to where it began.
03/30/02
A surprising, bold, satisfying drama with a mildly depressing wave running through it.
03/28/02
Gleams with intelligence, and there's also a very thoughtful understanding of human frailty.
01/10/02
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