Alan Ruck, Blake Rossi, Catherine Lloyd Burns

An idyllic suburban life has never been portrayed to more queasy effect than in Marc Forster's Everything Put Together. Angie (Radha Mitchell, High Art) seems to have it all--a loving hu...( read more  read more... )sband, a close circle of friends, a baby on the way. But when her newborn dies of SIDS, the isolated grief that quickly intervenes presents an alarming portrait of modern-day tribal outcasting as the American dream gets turned inside-out to reveal a cruel undertow. Treated as though she might taint their own families with bad luck, Angie's girlfriends abandon Angie to her grief and increasingly unstable behavior. Forster (Monster's Ball) shuttles artfully between the intimate handheld camera commotion of communal activities--neighborly barbecues, shopping excursions, rap sessions among friends--and the motionless scenes of Angie's unhinged state when alone, to create an atmosphere of suburban suffocation matched only by Todd Haynes's Safe. Everything Put Together was shot entirely on digital video, and its innovative direction and excellent cast subvert the familiarity of the home video to chilling effect. --Fionn Meade

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R, 88 min.

Directed by: Marc Forster

Release Date: November 2, 2001

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DVD Release Date: April 9, 2002

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  • June 17, 2009
    I really enjoyed this! I don't understand all the negative reviews I'm seeing. Anyway, Radha Mitchell did a great job a woman who lost her newborn child and is spiraling into a deep depression and madness. It was portrayed very well. That last shot of her on the couch, then fa...( read more)ding into white was BRILLIANT! I'm also a hater of shooting cinema on digital/video (except docs) but for this film the look worked for some reason.

    I recommend this, but it's definitely not a light subject matter.
  • October 1, 2007
    One of Megan Mullally's best performances!
  • June 12, 2007
    I have developed a new found interest in the works of director Marc Forster.
  • October 26, 2006
    Radha Mitchell gives a truely heartbreaking performance in this really great suburban psychological drama about a young mother who's new born baby suddenly dies and it effects her both emotionally and mentally which leads to some chilling moments. This is film directing debut for...( read more) Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland). While the film's hand-held digitel camrea look might annoy people but this a really great film, see it if you can.
  • October 26, 2006
    Sounds like a great acting performance. Will have to watch it.

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