13 Conversations About One Thing (2002)
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82% of critics liked it
(108 reviews) -
65% of users liked it
(7,910 ratings)
Following up on her acclaimed debut, Clockwatchers, Jill Sprecher spins this intricate ensemble film about life's big questions. Set in New York City, the film focuses on five different characters with radically different perspectives on life. Gene (Alan Arkin) manages a large insurance company… More Following up on her acclaimed debut, Clockwatchers, Jill Sprecher spins this intricate ensemble film about life's big questions. Set in New York City, the film focuses on five different characters with radically different perspectives on life. Gene (Alan Arkin) manages a large insurance company and is a compulsive pessimist, constantly bursting the bubbles of his more cheery colleagues. Walker (John Turturro), who holds a similarly bleak view of the world, decides that he cannot stand another day in his dull life as a physics professor and thus promptly dumps his wife, Patricia (Amy Irving). Troy (Matthew McConaughey) is an up-and-coming lawyer whose career is derailed after a hit-and-run accident. And Beatrice (Clea DuVall) is a modest cleaning woman hoping for a miracle. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jill Sprecher
- Written By
- Karen Sprecher, Jill Sprecher
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 1, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Classics
Critic Reviews
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, Chicago Tribune
Resonates with intelligence and a poignancy.
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Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Without getting grand or preachy, the Sprechers use an unconventional approach to coax us into asking ourselves fundamental questions.
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Often messy and frustrating, but very pleasing at its best moments, it's very much like life itself.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Smart, serious and deftly composed.
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Loren King, Chicago Tribune
Each of these stories has the potential for Touched by an Angel simplicity and sappiness, but Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, for all its generosity and optimism, never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments.
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Cast
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Matthew McConaughey
as Troy
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John Turturro
as Walker
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Alan Arkin
as Gene
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Clea DuVall
as Beatrice
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Amy Irving
as Patricia
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Barbara Sukowa
as Helen
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David Connolly
as Owen
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Tia Texada
as Dorrie
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Frankie Faison
as Dick Lacey
