Arija Bareikis, Blythe Danner, Brian Kerwin

A Sundance Festival special, this indie family comedy-drama was given unduly harsh treatment by critics when it was released. Starring as the long-estranged son of an emotionally distant father, Noah...( read more  read more... ) Wyle comes home to his family for Thanksgiving in hopes of reconnecting with his old girlfriend, and receives unexpected results. But he's not the only one coming back. There's the brother with a cute fiancée (Hope Davis), who doesn't quite understand what all the tension is about. There's the glum sister (a hilarious Julianne Moore) who is down on love and everything else until she connects with a childhood acquaintance. And Mom (Blythe Danner) is there to referee it all. But the central conflict involves Wyle and his father (Roy Scheider in a wonderfully eccentric performance). --Marshall Fine

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R, 132 min.

Directed by: Bart Freundlich

Release Date: June 1, 1997

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DVD Release Date: May 9, 2000

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  • May 5, 2008
    An ambitious debut for writer/director Bart Freundlich charting the unrest with a family who gather together for thanks giving. "The Myth of Fingerprints" promises reality and the audience is in fact confronted with a wave of honest, hurting, wonderful, banal, outstanding and int...( read more)ense situations. Everything turns out to be the pure essence of life. During the whole movie the spectator is looking for an extra-ordinary action that makes sure that "The Myth of Fingerprints" is a film, a visualized story, an artificial product but the expectations are again and again reduced to absurdity. 'The Myth Of Fingerprints' "imprints" the thoughts and feelings and the subtle nuances of family life on the viewer so damn well. This movie doesn't just invite you to share the joys and pains of this family, but it grabs you and places you right into the scene. It is almost as if you are there, too, eating Thanksgiving dinner with them, like you were a friend of the family's and have known them for a long, long time. Noah Wyle gives a great performance, considering he is an amature to the big screen. Blythe Danner is still as lovely as ever, as are the rest of this astoundingly good looking family. Its Freundlich frist film and it was great effort. Worth the time to watch.
  • July 2, 2008
    Some great performances.
  • February 14, 2009
    With this film Noah Wyle gives a great performance, considering he is an amature to the big screen. Blythe Danner is still as lovely as ever, as are the rest of this astoundingly good looking family. Its Freundlich frist film and it was great effort. Worth the time to watch.
  • June 30, 2008
    A little slow-paced and it never really goes anywhere, but kind of poignant at the same time.
  • May 27, 2008
    Intéressant et très cocasse! J'ai rie et réfléchi...
  • June 17, 2007
    twisted family relationships galore...
  • April 6, 2007
    somber and overreaching but well acted
  • February 16, 2007
    A deep thinker type of movie.

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