Fay Grim

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Fay Grim

Chuck Montgomery, Claudia Michelsen, D.J. Mendel, James Urbaniak, Jasmin Tabatabai, Jeff Goldblum, John Keogh, Liam Aiken, Parker Posey, Saffron Burrows

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  read more... )ears in prison for aiding in Henry's escape from the law. In the quiet of his cell, Simon has had time to think about the tumultuous years of Henry's presence among them--chronicled in Hartley's earlier film HENRY FOOL (1998). He has come to suspect that Henry was not the man he appeared to be. His suspicions are validated when the CIA asks Fay to travel to Paris to retrieve Henry's property. Her mission turns into a sprawling con-game, pitching Fay deep into a world of international espionage.

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  • JDFortuneFan
    June 15, 2008
    JDFortuneFan
    An 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)atch as Fay Grim. Having not seen the film Henry Fool, I will definitely have to add it to my 'to see' list.
  • AgentLexi2132
    August 20, 2007
    AgentLexi2132
    A few flaws but otherwise enjoyable movie, may be boring moments but only fleeting ones.
  • senorperfecto1
    July 16, 2007
    senorperfecto1
    Fay 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)y and most of all is her husband still alive.
    An artsy film that is sometimes too complicated for it's own good at times. The acting is horrid at times, almost ridicolous in many spots.Too dramatic in the style of a soap oprea and the over acting all but kills any interest in the film. The weird angles of the film shows the director tried to gain the artsy effect of the film but overall failed. One and one half stars entertainment at best.
  • Drewbacca
    June 8, 2007
    Drewbacca
    Not everything I was hoping for. The acting was nice (LOVE Goldblum), but the story didn't do it for me. And I'm sorry, but the tilted camera thing through the ENTIRE film was distracting, unnecessary and stupid.

    Y...( read more)OU CAN READ ANDREW DYKSTRA'S FULL REVIEW AT MOVIEPATRON.com
  • limoradalloway
    May 27, 2007
    limoradalloway
    It started out interestingly enough. But I got sick of it by the end. So sick, in fact, that I dozed off.
  • whosinthenews
    October 18, 2009
    whosinthenews
    In 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)ppiness to the sequel's construction. The humor is sometimes crisp enough, as is the talent involved, but mostly this just felt like an unnecessary epilogue which, in some cases, causes the original to lose meaning. The primary example being the validity given to Henry's "confessions" when the crux of the first was that his character was ultimately full of shit...and besides, if Henry's work had been even remotely related to spy/travel memoirs, why would he have gotten so visibly upset when Simon rejects its artistic worth?
  • Topsie11
    September 11, 2009
    Topsie11
    perfect! 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)umorous.. easy and serious all at once. hope to have a sequel for this one
  • sleepykiss
    July 25, 2009
    sleepykiss
    Bit 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.
  • MisterTuttle
    July 14, 2009
    MisterTuttle
    A 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) to make fun of it by throwing in some quirky elements as well. He blends them together very well. Also his scripts have a great book like feel to them and He also creates his own music for his films. So, not only does hartley write, direct and produce, but also does the music. The only other director I can think of would be John Carpenter doing all those things as well. I should mention Parker Posey's performance. She is very cute and did a great job. Goldblum was surprisingly well and Thomas Jay Ryan, who is in only one long scene talking to a terrorist, is worth watching the film alone. I can't see anyone else playing Henry than Thomas Jay Ryan. Pitch Perfect.
  • mihaha
    January 16, 2009
    mihaha
    plain stupid...lost my time in the cinema, thank god I was having a blast with the chips and popcorn...
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