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James White

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 25m
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James White (2015)
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James, a twenty-something New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges.James, a twenty-something New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges.James, a twenty-something New Yorker, struggles to take control of his self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges.
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    • Christopher Abbott
    • Cynthia Nixon
    • Kid Cudi
    • Josh Mond
    • Josh Mond
  • Stars
    • Christopher Abbott
    • Cynthia Nixon
    • Kid Cudi
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    • 26User reviews
    • 97Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    Christopher Abbott in James White (2015)
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    Christopher Abbott
    Christopher Abbott
    • James White
    Cynthia Nixon
    Cynthia Nixon
    • Gail White
    Kid Cudi
    Kid Cudi
    • Nick
    • (as Scott Mescudi)
    Ron Livingston
    Ron Livingston
    • Ben
    Makenzie Leigh
    Makenzie Leigh
    • Jayne
    Scott Cohen
    Scott Cohen
    • Barry White
    David Call
    David Call
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    Laura Johnston
    • Genie
    Jeanette Dilone
    Jeanette Dilone
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    Bhavesh Patel
    Bhavesh Patel
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    Linda Powell
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    Jessica Wong
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    Sue Jean Kim
    • Karen
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    Bradley Fleischer
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    Zazie Beetz
    Zazie Beetz
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    Jasmin Gabrielle
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    Adriana Ducassi
    Adriana Ducassi
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    • (as Adriana DeGirolami)
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      • Josh Mond
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    • Trivia
      Shot in 22 days: 18 days in New York and 4 days in Mexico.
    • Quotes

      James White: I am not going to drink. And I am not going to smoke. I'm going to write and I'm going to meditate and I'm going to eat healthy and I'm going to swim and I'm going to work out and I'm going to write about all those feelings that are welled up inside me and when I get back I will get a place and a job but I need to go away. And when I come back I will be ready for life.

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      Referenced in Front Row Flynn: JAMES WHITE: Christopher Abbott, Kid Cudi, Josh Mond, Emma Potter (2019)
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    User reviews26

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    8/10
    Powerhouse performances.
    Christopher Abbott and Cynthia Nixon have found fine homes on HBO screens. Abbott is perhaps mostly known for his role on Girls while Nixon will forever be a Sex in the City girl. Here in James White, they deliver perhaps their finest performances of their careers thus far. The film thrives off the compassion in their relationship and the way it tests James' love for his mother Gail, but unfortunately to the expense of what lies on the sidelines. There's an endearing affection between James and his best friend Nick, but it offers little backstory or arc, simply the type of wishful thinking support considering the situations. The film also lends an entire chapter to James growing close with a girl who becomes his girlfriend, but as soon as the film retreats back home to tend to Gail she's completely tossed aside as another periphery character.

    That is part of the point though, taking care of her is all consuming and it contrasts the conditions of romantic love with the unconditional family love. Despite little dips into history, the film grew on me as it went on with Abbott impressing at every turn, subverting the brutish James to an empathetic son. Nixon does feel like she's trying too hard at first, but once the film submits to her and she succumbs to the worst of her cancer, she's as good as Abbott. Shot by the same cinematography as Son of Saul, New York is no less of a compelling setting than Auschwitz, focusing on intimacy with the characters, but again it's heart by choppy editing. The jump cuts give it a difficult rhythm to crack. It's limited and intense, and I certainly would've like a little more bittersweet hints at a future to really send the film home, but as an acting showcase James White is a powerhouse.

    8/10
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      • November 13, 2015 (United States)
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      • Metropolitan Surgery Center - 433 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
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      • BorderLine Films
      • Relic Pictures
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