The Event (2002)
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42% of critics liked it
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51% of users liked it
(1,167 ratings)
Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald directs the sentimental ensemble drama The Event. Nick (Parker Posey) is a district attorney investigating several deaths in the gay community of New York City's Chelsea District. It seems that many AIDS sufferers have died under similar mysterious… More Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald directs the sentimental ensemble drama The Event. Nick (Parker Posey) is a district attorney investigating several deaths in the gay community of New York City's Chelsea District. It seems that many AIDS sufferers have died under similar mysterious circumstances. Each case suggest the use of assisted suicide, which is illegal in New York. HIV-infected cellist Matt (Don McKellar) has died of a drug overdose following a large party in Manhattan given by his family and friends. Nick first questions his lover Brian (Brent Carver), who runs an HIV support clinic. Still looking for answers, she interviews Matt's closest family members, including his mother Lila (Olympia Dukakis), his younger sister Dana (Sarah Polley), and his older sister Gaby (Joanna P. Adler). Meanwhile, Nick battles with her own past secrets involving her family back in New Jersey. The Event premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Thom Fitzgerald
- Written By
- Thom Fitzgerald, Steven Hillyer, Tim Marback
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Oct 3, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- ThinkFilm
Critic Reviews
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Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune
To make a movie in 2003, one that centers around AIDS but ignores the epidemic's current culprit, Africa, and toys melodramatically with scenarios steeped in the filmmakers' selfish nostalgia without any real point, is to ask us not to think at all.
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Charles Ealy, Dallas Morning News
The performances of Olympia Dukakis as Matt's mother and Sarah Polley as his sister elevate The Event from melodramatic claptrap to sensitive drama.
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Janice Page, Boston Globe
A feminine hygiene commercial is by far the best thing here. Is that last item a curious thing to say about a film with such a weighty agenda? Exactly.
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Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Despite its impeccable acting and subtle backdrop of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, The Event lets its message overwhelm its emotion.
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Bob Campbell, Newark Star-Ledger
Fails equally as lament and celebration.
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Cast
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Parker Posey
as Nick
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Olympia Dukakis
as Lila
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Don McKellar
as Matt
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Sarah Polley
as Dana
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Brent Carver
as Brian
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Jane Leeves
as Mona
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Joanna Adler
as Gaby
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Rejean J. Cournoyer
as Rory
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Christina Zorich
as Judy
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Dick Latessa
as Uncle Leo
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Cynthia Preston
as Amy
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Glen Michael Grant
as Andy
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Gianna Marciante
as Lilian
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Jaclyn Markowitz
as Amelia
