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Overview

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7.1/10   765 votes
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Director:
Amos Kollek
Writer:
Amos Kollek (writer)
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Release Date:
10 September 1998 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An unemployed ex-office worker (Anna Thomson) searching for work floats a fragile line of sanity as she struggles to find friendship and companionship... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Anna Levine ... Sue (as Anna Thomson)
Matthew Powers ... Ben

Tahnee Welch ... Lola

Tracee Ellis Ross ... Linda
John Ventimiglia ... Larry

Edoardo Ballerini ... Eddie
Matthew Faber ... Sven
Robert Kya-Hill ... Willie

Austin Pendleton ... Bob

Michael Worth ... Man in Gallery

Alice Liu ... Lisa
Susan Huffaker ... Young Mother
Tom Cappadona ... Stanley
Lázaro Pérez ... Pedro / Phil
Joshua Kaplan ... Sydney
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sue Lost in Manhattan (Canada: English title) (TV title)
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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Canada:18+ (Ontario) | France:U | Spain:13 | Germany:16
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
downward spiral, 20 June 2000
Author: amir_h from Canada

This film was made with sincere intentions, but I feel that characters in similar predicaments have been portrayed more eloquently and more realistically in other films. Sue is obviously influenced by the films of John Cassavettes, but fails to achieve the same poignancy.

The film is a hodgepodge of scenes where the title character, a severely depressed woman, finds herself having quirky interactions with the people she encounters. Sometimes she initiates these interactions, sometimes others are drawn to her and sometimes they just seem contrived to keep things going. The pacing of her decline seems a bit off and just when something develops for the better, the story takes another dip to ensure its procession towards tragedy. We are never clued in on the origin of this woman's condition or given other details of her background, as though it's sufficient to witness her daily trials and shake our heads at how unfortunate things are. I would have liked more profundity in some of her relationships in place of the forgettable scenes with the ditzy so-called writer (from Minnesota, but with a NY accent) and the cliché street-tough girl.

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