Everyday People

Everyday People (2003)

  • 75% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 38% of users liked it
    (183 ratings)

Independent filmmaker Jim McKay (Girls Town) writes and directs the ensemble film Everyday People, produced in part by HBO Films. The story revolves around a neighborhood eatery in Brooklyn called Raskins, a Jewish-owned-and-operated restaurant with an almost exclusively black clientele. After years… More

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Unrated,
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Drama
In Theaters
Jan 18, 2004 Wide
HBO Video

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    My only complaint is that it feels more like a series pilot than a stand-alone film, but thumbs up.

  • Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

    It has an undeniable authenticity in its characterizations and situations and an empathy that is all too rare even in independent cinema.

  • Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

    The ensemble cast, asked to improvise its roles, interacts with conviction and chemistry.

  • Elvis Mitchell, New York Times

    Jim McKay's ensemble drama, the opening feature in the annual New Directors/New Films series, has a roaming, lived-in quality.

  • MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher

    I feel like a real heel for not being able to endorse this film enthusiastically and wholeheartedly, but there we have it.

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