Chuck Montgomery, Claudia Michelsen, D.J. Mendel
Fay Grim, a single Mom from Woodside, Queens, is afraid her 14 year old son, Ned, will grow up to be like his father, Henry, who has been missing for seven years. Fay's brother Simon is serving ten y...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007
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June 15, 2008An art house film which works on many levels and keeps you interested until the end. This is a very oddball film, yet it reels you in at the beginning and keeps you glued to find out how it ends. That's good film making. Parker Posey was quirky, sexy and quite fascinating to w...( read more)
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August 20, 2007A few flaws but otherwise enjoyable movie, may be boring moments but only fleeting ones.
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July 16, 2007Fay Grim stars Parker Posey as the title character, who's a widow of a former cia spy with a 14 year old son. She makes a deal with the FBI to free her brother from prison to retrieve journals of confession of her late husband in Paris. Many twists and betrayls are thrown at Fa...( read more)
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May 27, 2007It started out interestingly enough. But I got sick of it by the end. So sick, in fact, that I dozed off.
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October 18, 2009In Fay Grim Hartley rearranges Henry Fool's characters into a more lighthearted, ironic espionage tale. Unfortunately this film seems to only work in the minds those who enjoyed and looked forward to the further exploits of the original's characters, since there is an overall slo...( read more)
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September 11, 2009perfect! thats the story ive always been wanted. the acting was superb. and oh the story is really gives an impact to me. terrorism concept.. but on the other way around they made it very lightful to watch. hal hartley is a genius. I'm quite impressed =D A wonderful plot from h...( read more)
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July 25, 2009Bit tedious, but entertaining "spy" flick starring odd /self-conscious PPosey. Sequel to '97 film HENRY FOOL (maybe I should have seen that 1st). Luv JGoldblum tho.
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July 14, 2009A great companion piece to Henry Fool. Hartley did a great job with the story, very complex and funny. What some people may not understand is that Hartley's film's play like soap opera's mixed with a few other elements in the classic melodrama's of the 30s and 40s. He goes as far...( read more)
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January 16, 2009plain stupid...lost my time in the cinema, thank god I was having a blast with the chips and popcorn...
Critic Reviews
May 18, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
May 18, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
You won't see another film like Fay Grim this year, and we should give [Hal] Hartley credit for making it work on his own terms. full review
May 18, 2007
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Where Henry Fool was a resonant study of friendship, art, trust and politics, Fay Grim is just a throwaway joke. full review
May 18, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fay Grim is tortured in its attempt at cleverness, and plays endlessly. full review
May 14, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The final, tragically uncomprehending close-up of Posey is perfect in a way Hartley didn't intend. It mirrors our incomprehension at his loss of imagination. full review
May 14, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
What lures the film into disaster, is that [director] Hartley lets slip his sense of humor (always his strongest asset) and begins to believe his own plot. full review
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