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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) 7.0
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7.0/10 from 7,207 users
Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 109 user | 79 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face. of life's cold unpredictability. Director:Jill Sprecher |
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Defense Attorney
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Chris Hammond, Aspiring Medical Student
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A physics professor approaching middle age decides to change his life with unexpected results. A rising young prosecuting attorney's plans are thrown into disarray as the result of a single careless act while distracted. A woman reluctantly faces her husband's infidelity. An envious insurance claims manager with family problems seeks revenge on a cheerful coworker, but has second thoughts. And an optimistic young cleaning woman awaits a miracle, only to have her faith shaken by a traumatic event. These ordinary people all find themselves asking the fundamental question philosophers have pondered throughout history: What is happiness, and how does one achieve it? Written by Anonymous
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Country:
USARelease Date:
29 March 2002 (Italy) See more »Also Known As:
13 Conversations See more »Filming Locations:
Columbia University - Broadway & 116th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$89,499 (USA) (24 May 2002)Gross:
$3,287,435 (USA) (27 November 2002)Company Credits
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Performed by Matt Monro
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Lee Adams
© 1960 Strada Music (ASCAP)
Administered by Helene Blue Musique LTD
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
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The films story is inspired by two different head injuries that director Jill Sprecher endured. See more »Goofs
The J & B Scotch that Troy drinks after he leaves the scene of the accident is too yellow and has a thin layer of foam on top - it looks more like ginger ale or something similar. See more »Quotes
Walker: it's perverse, isn't it? people spend years developing their minds and educating themselves, but in the end, they just want to shut them off.See more »
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Shawn Elliott is correctly spelled in the first set of credits, but is spelled as 'Shawn Elliot" in the end credits. See more »Soundtracks
"Put on a Happy Face"Performed by Matt Monro
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Lee Adams
© 1960 Strada Music (ASCAP)
Administered by Helene Blue Musique LTD
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
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My wife and I launched immediately into a conversation about this film before the end credits had even finished rolling. It's the kind of film that makes you want to apply some of its ideas and themes to your own life and experiences.
At first I was worried. When the film began, I thought it was going to be an episodic experimental piece, with 13 different scenes each dealing with an aspect of happiness. This bothered me, because the first segment of the film left me wanting more of the same story and I would have been disappointed if the screenplay had never come back to it. However, the first few segments that seem at first to be unrelated begin to mesh in a fluid way (but never in a way that feels forced), and what happens in one begins to illuminate the actions and feelings in another.
Because of it's episodic nature, the actors don't get a lot of room to flesh out their characters, but the performances are still strong. Alan Arkin is especially good (he always is).
This one comes highly recommended.
Grade: A-