The Substance Of Fire
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- Synopsis
- In this adaptation of a stage play by Jon Robin Baitz, a successful head of a New York publishing firm unravels after the death of his wife. Isaac Geldhart (Ron Rifkin) is a German Jewish survivor of the Holocaust who has been emotionally scarred by ......
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- Starring
- Ron Rifkin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tony Goldwyn, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Graham
- Director(s)
- Daniel G. Sullivan
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 101 min.
Critic Reviews
The film, directed by Daniel Sullivan, is brave, I think, to offer us a complicated scenario without an easy moral compass.Read the full review
The film, to its credit, never tries to pluck your heartstrings. As it follows the Geldharts around New York, they are figures in a meditative dialogue on human values that reaches no easy conclusions.Read the full review
But as Isaac, Rifkin is simply transcendent, giving what is the most accomplished performance of the year. He does not, however, have a completely successful movie around him.Read the full review
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