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The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002) -- An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and family life to the breaking point.
The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002) -- An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and family life to the breaking point.

Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   2,515 votes
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Director:
Alan Rudolph
Writers (WGA):
Jane Smiley (novel)
Craig Lucas (screenplay)
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Release Date:
22 July 2004 (Argentina) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and family life to the breaking point. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Dental work & Enlightenment more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Campbell Scott ... David Hurst

Denis Leary ... Slater

Robin Tunney ... Laura
Peter Samuel ... Larry

Hope Davis ... Dana Hurst
Jon Patrick Walker ... Mark
Gianna Beleno ... Lizzie Hurst
Lydia Jordan ... Stephanie Hurst

Cassidy Hinkle ... Leah Hurst

Adele D'Man ... Carol
Kathleen Kinhan ... Virgin
Sara Lerch ... Virgin
Lori Mirabal ... Virgin
Mark Ethan ... Conductor

Flora Martínez ... Female Patient (as Flora Martinez)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality and language.
Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): With an opera singer wife, he should have known to tell his daughters to shout "Brava!" and not "Bravo!" for their mother's performance. more
Quotes:
Slater: These children are monsters, they should be struck... can I hit them?
David Hurst: No.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The TV Set (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Lost Souls more

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8 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Dental work & Enlightenment, 8 December 2005
10/10
Author: joro boro from United States

The look: wallpapered, mortgaged, wife, 3-daughter, and a mustache domestic reality show.

The conflict: marital infidelity evolving in a cadence slower than the geological impact of a glacier.

The extra: Denis Leary doing his own trumpet rendition of Tyler Durden (aka Bradd Pitt).

Total: XXX - exquisite, excruciating, exemplary;

Bonus: The 'Last Scene' - seismically intense tableau vivant of a classicist dentist office pastoralia (Vermeerian light diffused in Leonardo's hyper-perfect composition/perspective of Adam and Eve sharing an oral procedure)

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