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7.9/10   15,358 votes
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Thomas McCarthy (written by)
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18 April 2008 (USA) more
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 12 nominations more
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Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
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104 min
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The parking lot in which Walter parks his car after arriving in New York - on East 11th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue - was torn down shortly after the film was released. more
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Revealing mistakes: When Walt and Mouna return from their evening on Broadway, he remarks that it's 12:30 (presumably at night), however the window behind them clearly shows daylight shining through the vegetation. more
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Prof. Walter Vale: We are not helpless children! more
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104 out of 127 people found the following comment useful.
Sensitive & Thoughtful Film, 19 September 2007
10/10
Author: Movie-Jay from Toronto, Canada

Thomas McCarthy's 2nd film after the wonderful "Station Agent" is equally good, if not better. I can't recommend Richard Jenkins' performance any higher here. He plays a widowed professor who is drifting through life rather aimlessly until he visits his New York apartment and finds there are two people squatting there. I won't give away anything else, except to say that it'll be a shame if this film flies under the radar. Jenkins is a character actor that everyone recognizes, but that few of us know. Here he occupies the first third of the film practically alone, and reminds us in moments of the Jack Nicholson character from "About Schmidt" with his dry humor that is on display for his crabby piano teacher.

Don't you just love watching an actor up there alone who keeps you spellbound in a subtle way? That's how this movie starts, and gradually we come to meet the couple in Jenkins' apartment, and the mother of one of them. The movie flows economically and with much care, but by the end it creeps up on us and makes us feel glad along the way as well as making us pause and reflect on the state of our world.

Lovely, lovely movie.

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