The Great New Wonderful
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- Synopsis
- A collection of everyday New Yorkers struggle to carry on with their increasingly stressful lives a year after the city was forever changed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Brooklyn-native Danny Leiner's ensemble-cast slice of life. Dr....
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- Starring
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olympia Dukakis, Judy Greer, Thomas McCarthy
- Director(s)
- Danny Leiner
- Distributor(s)
- First Independent
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 87 min.
Critic Reviews
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Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
A quieter, less melodramatic piece of work than last year's "Crash," and arguably a better one.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites
Working from a stagy script by Sam Catlin, director Danny Leiner uses a dainty palette of tristesse (untouched when he made Dude, Where's My Car?) to suggest that the shadow of 9/11 makes every discontent more pathetic.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Gene SeymourAdd Critic to Favorites
The movie falls short of the grandeur it's reaching for, but if you're looking for balm to soothe your frazzled nerves, you may be able to scrape some from the movie's rawer edges.Read the full review
