Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend.
A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music business legend was on trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson.
A pair of aging stickup men try to get the old gang back together for one last hurrah before one of the guys takes his last assignment - to kill his comrade.
A young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.
Director:
Dito Montiel
Stars:
Channing Tatum,
Al Pacino,
Juliette Binoche
George seeks refuge at Bellevue Hospital, a Manhattan intake center for homeless men, where his friendship with a fellow client helps him try to repair his relationship with his estranged daughter.
A.J. Manglehorn is a reclusive Texas key-maker who spends his days caring for his cat, finding comfort in his work and lamenting a long lost love. Enter kind-hearted bank teller Dawn whose interest in the eccentric Manglehorn may just be able to draw him out of his shell. Written by
IFC Films
In the original script Manglehorn was a criminal who had gone straight. He met with his old partner who was hiding out in a senior citizen's home and his mysterious back story was explained. There was also a massacre at Dawn's bank and a massive earthquake that brought forth Clara. This was all edited out of the final film. See more »
Eccentric Indie Director Green Along with Two Superb Actors, Al Pacino and Holly Hunter, Deliver an Almost Lost Art, The Character Study. Left to Low-Budget Experimenters and Performers Looking for an Outlet Out of the Mainstream, This Type of Film is Becoming "Film Festival Fodder" and That is Where They Experience the Most Sympathetic Audience.
Not Multiplex Favorites and Mainstream Appeal is Lacking, it is This Type that Rely on Reality and Have Been Called "Slice of Life". The Film is Filled with Offbeat Imagery and Dialog that Seems Flat at First but Resonates Nonetheless. Witness Manglehorn's Story About a Nun and Some Children on a Boat to Explain His Atheism.
Holly Hunter is Simply Stellar in What Amounts to a Supporting Role and Her Emotion is Heartbreaking and Very Real. Two Other People in Manglehorn's Life are Included as Representative of Why Pacino Says in a Half-Hearted Throwaway..."The World is Yours" (meaning I want nothing to do with it)...is His Son and a Former Kid He Coached in Little League.
Both are Obnoxious and Manglehorn Finds Them Barely Tolerable and Symbolic of People in General. That May be Why When Holly Hunter Says on Their First Date..."I'm a people person...I love life", Pacino Snaps and Retreats to a Senior Moment of Disconnect.
Overall, a Film for Refined Taste and Fans of Reality Based Cinema with an Artistic Flare. Pacino and Hunter Give Noteworthy Performances and the Movie is Rich with Flavor.
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Eccentric Indie Director Green Along with Two Superb Actors, Al Pacino and Holly Hunter, Deliver an Almost Lost Art, The Character Study. Left to Low-Budget Experimenters and Performers Looking for an Outlet Out of the Mainstream, This Type of Film is Becoming "Film Festival Fodder" and That is Where They Experience the Most Sympathetic Audience.
Not Multiplex Favorites and Mainstream Appeal is Lacking, it is This Type that Rely on Reality and Have Been Called "Slice of Life". The Film is Filled with Offbeat Imagery and Dialog that Seems Flat at First but Resonates Nonetheless. Witness Manglehorn's Story About a Nun and Some Children on a Boat to Explain His Atheism.
Holly Hunter is Simply Stellar in What Amounts to a Supporting Role and Her Emotion is Heartbreaking and Very Real. Two Other People in Manglehorn's Life are Included as Representative of Why Pacino Says in a Half-Hearted Throwaway..."The World is Yours" (meaning I want nothing to do with it)...is His Son and a Former Kid He Coached in Little League.
Both are Obnoxious and Manglehorn Finds Them Barely Tolerable and Symbolic of People in General. That May be Why When Holly Hunter Says on Their First Date..."I'm a people person...I love life", Pacino Snaps and Retreats to a Senior Moment of Disconnect.
Overall, a Film for Refined Taste and Fans of Reality Based Cinema with an Artistic Flare. Pacino and Hunter Give Noteworthy Performances and the Movie is Rich with Flavor.