All Good Things (2010)

Mr. David Marks was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Katie who disappeared in 1982, but the truth is eventually revealed.

Director:

Andrew Jarecki

Writers:

Marcus Hinchey, Marc Smerling

Stars:

Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ryan Gosling	...	David Marks
Kirsten Dunst	...	Katie Marks
Frank Langella	...	Sanford Marks
Lily Rabe	...	Deborah Lehrman
Philip Baker Hall	...	Malvern Bump
Michael Esper	...	Daniel Marks
Diane Venora	...	Janice Rizzo
Nick Offerman	...	Jim McCarthy
Kristen Wiig	...	Lauren Fleck
Stephen Kunken	...	Todd Fleck
John Cullum	...	Richard Panatierre
Maggie Kiley	...	Mary McCarthy
Liz Stauber	...	Sharon McCarthy
Marion McCorry	...	Ann McCarthy
Mia Dillon	...	Katie's Aunt

Storyline

A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.

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Plot Keywords:

love | murder | unsolved murder | suicide by jumping off a roof | girl | 

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Taglines:

The Perfect Love Story. Until It Became The Perfect Crime.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug use, violence, language and some sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 December 2010 (Greece)

Also Known As:

Crimen en familia

Filming Locations:

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$37,172 (USA) (3 December 2010)

Gross:

$578,382 (USA) (1 April 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Groundswell Productions, Hit The Ground Running Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kirsten Dunst revealed on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon that the real person that David Marks is based on visited the set of the film being made and watched from a distance.

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Goofs

When Katie is in the bathroom after searching through David's office, she lights a cigarette out of a pack of Parliament's but the cigarette she lights isn't a Parliament.

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Quotes

Richard Panatierre: [first lines]
Richard Panatierre: For the record, tell the ladies and gentlemen of the jury your name.
David Marks: I'm David Marks.

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Crazy Credits

Lebroz Ariel James Playing John The Lonely Pimp! Arrested by the 1970's N.Y.P.D.

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Connections

Referenced in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.11 (2011)

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Soundtracks

"That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"
Written by Jacob Brackman and Carly Simon
Performed by Carly Simon
Courtesy of Elektra Entertainment Group
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Extreme manipulation in telling what could have been a great story

The opening statement that this is "based on events that occurred" suggests how far it is from the true story. And that is its unfortunate downfall because "All Good Things" is a good movie. It's a good story with interesting characters portrayed by phenomenal actors with appealing atmosphere and engaging transitions to advance it along.

Ryan Gosling is going to have to start being careful. If he keeps playing husbands who treat their wives horribly, nobody will marry him. Here, he plays David Marks, quietly-disturbed, rich, trust-fund kid and he just wants to be with a beautiful girl (Kirsten Dunst) and return to the basics of the country life style. Allowing other people to convince him that Katie's not happy, he returns to the questionable family business in New York City where it is made certain that nobody is, or will be, happy.

What I liked most about "All Good Things" (apart from the actors) was that it started as a romantic drama and slowly progressed into an all-out thriller and flipping the villain and victim around so it looks like innocence and guilt could never be placed. But then the filmmakers finally gave us some facts of the real story, and I realized how far off this was. The filmmakers were extremely heavy-handed in who they thought were the guilty parties, and that just seemed so wrong to me.

Being a thriller about an unsolved disappearance/murder case, you can expect it to be violent. And it was kind of violent, but they could have told the exact same story and made it more interesting without any violence. But the little bit of violence really isn't the problem. The problem is their unprofessional way of implying what really happened. And that really is a problem because otherwise, "All Good Things" would have been a great movie. Unfortunately, I can't recommend it because I don't believe in such a distortion of the truth.