Alan Cumming, Barbara Sukowa, Dan Futterman

Charlie takes an odyssey through grief during a fall weekend in New York City. His encounters are planned and chance: with a homeless man who sleeps by his building, with a friend who's dying, with th...( read more  read more... )e couple who lives (and noisily loves) in the flat above him, with a bartender and a one-night-stand he follows home, and with a tattooed stranger whom he seeks out and befriends. Along the way, Charlie inhabits a city full of moments of violence and of stories and legends: a kidney thief, a microwaved poodle, a rat in a hot dog bun, a baby left on a car top, a tourist's toothbrush, needles in public-phone change slots. Charlie lives and tells his own stories. What caused his melancholy?

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R, 105 min.

Directed by: Jon Shear

Release Date: September 15, 2000

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DVD Release Date: March 13, 2001

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  • June 3, 2007
    A very witty and very disturbing eerie little film. Great eye candy appeal for gay men and those who love them.
  • January 9, 2007
    Not real interesting. Frutterman was pretty good.
  • August 20, 2009
    started out as a really cool idea...Urban Legends come to life..and then it turns gay...real gay..Literally
  • July 4, 2009
    Gay urban (You never woulda guessed) tale that's quite interesting in parts, too obvious in others. The director really tries to communicate unfairness for GLBT people, how when compared to straights that have things for granted, life really sucks and it's difficult to enjoy bein...( read more)g. I think the beginning is supposed to bring in or attract hetero-thinking people because it seems to be a normal "straight" story with a wicked taste. It's deceiving and ambiguous until the terms "boyfriend" and "him" pop up. I think even the lead actor is straight in real life, he was the only one butch among the gay characters, thus the only attractive one.

    I don't like the thought of "your side must be disrespected in order for ours to gain equality" - it was difficult taking the moral seriously and not as just bitching. But characters were interesting, some of what's covered in the Flixster synopsis is only heard of and not really seen; there's a lot of storytelling.
  • November 4, 2008
    wierd. lynch-things, with gayness. ahah.
  • September 13, 2008
    Heart wrenching and hauntingly beautiful, Dan Futterman in a sense lives in an alternate reality trying to cope with what has transpired.
  • July 20, 2008
    Dark thriller. Could see myself in this movie if I was subject to what they went through.
  • June 8, 2008
    Never a dull moment.
  • April 24, 2008
    haunting, romantic and thrilling. This strange art-house film is captivating. Great acting and story.
  • February 10, 2008
    Interesting plot synopsis..

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