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5.1/10   103 votes
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Director:
Amir Naderi
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Release Date:
18 April 2003 (Italy) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A woman continuously solves crossword puzzles everywhere she goes; in subway trains, on buses, and on the streets of New York City. | add synopsis
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A powerful and noisy film that has little to no dialogue more (7 total)

Cast

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Sara Paul ... Gretchen
Trevor Moore
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Rebecca Nelson ... Gretchen's mom (voice)
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Runtime:
74 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA
Company:
Alphaville Productions more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Plot holes: Gretchen never completes puzzle number 27, though she stamps it as completed. Before she stamps it, in what appears to be clue 168 across/down the first letter is clearly still blank. more
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References Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
A powerful and noisy film that has little to no dialogue, 14 March 2004
10/10
Author: stone_axe from Luoisville, KY

This film was visually captivating from the opening sequence. It is filmed in black and white with plenty of long and luxurious artistic compositions and detail studies. The viewer follows a beautiful and neurotic woman around New York City while she attempts to complete 77 crossword puzzles in 24 hours.

The film is refreshingly bereft of dialogue. In fact, the only real dialogue is a series of answering machine messages from her mother that slowly reveal the fine points of the plot and the roots of the woman's own neurosis.

The story is told through motion, emotion, ponderous detail studies and the odd answering machine messages. I found it refreshing to watch a movie that wasn't jammed full of incessant blathering where the writer obsessively tries to show me how brilliant they are. The plot points and moral of the story aren't verbalized every 15 minutes. This ain't no 'Sea Biscuit'.

Though it may not be for everyone, I give it top marks all around.

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