Ari Graynor, Bebe Neuwirth, Catherine O'Hara
Legendary scribe Don DeLillo wrote this fascinating film about a New York playwright, Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton), who's immersed in failure. Unable to ride the coattails of success no matter how har...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 23, 2006
Stats: 254 reviews
packed with heavy hitting weight in front and behind the camera, this quirky new york piece that looks at living with lowered expectations and failure as a way of life somehow just fails to connect by that much...but still is worth a view.
I was really hoping for more from Keaton and the film that Ebert & Roeper proclaim as the first Oscar-worthy film of 2006. I still found the characters compelling, but the story just lacked an emotional element. Maybe if you remember the 1986 world series game 6 well and were a...( read more)
Starts off as a banal "life in the big city" story that takes too long to set the various pieces on their collision courses. When the deeper meanings do rise to the surface in the climax it feels like too little too late since nearly every preceding scene is lacklusterly timed an...( read more)
I didn't really buy the characters or the connections the filmmakers were trying to make.
Michael Keaton is spellbinding in this tale about a playright who is not sure whether he should go to the opening of his new play or watch Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
This film is cute and funny, almost hysterical at times, especially the cab drivers, only in New York, well now almost everywhere.
Passion and obsession when do they cross paths and one becomes the other? This film is cute and funny, almost hysterical at times, especially the cab drivers, only in New York, well now almost everywhere. I just this flick bybaccident and I'm glad I did!!!
Una pequeña cinta con modestas intenciones. Bien escrita y actuada, y peculiar en sus personajes.
Logra entretener en una tarde aburrida.
This material could be pitched at various levels. You can imagine it being incorporated into a sequel to The Producers, or being transformed into quasi-O'Neill. full review
To put it in words a Sox fan would understand, the movie hurts good. full review
The film labors under the onerous weight of its symbolism. full review
This board looks lonely. Be the first to talk about "Game 6" !
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