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Heights (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 99
Fresh: 64
Rotten:35
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Consensus: Yet another movie about relationships in the Big Apple, Heights is never dull thanks to a competent cast.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, brief sexuality and nudity
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Jun 17, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $1,019,588
Synopsis: New York native Chris Terrio's debut feature film, HEIGHTS, is a whirlwind of outstanding acting, excellent locations, and a unique plot filled with twists and turns. Based on Amy Fox's play, the... New York native Chris Terrio's debut feature film, HEIGHTS, is a whirlwind of outstanding acting, excellent locations, and a unique plot filled with twists and turns. Based on Amy Fox's play, the film is set in the theater community of New York City, as diva Diana Lee (Glenn Close) prepares to portray Lady Macbeth on Broadway. She wants to cast Alec (Jesse Bradford) in a play she's directing, but a secret is preventing him from jumping at the chance to graduate from off-off-Broadway fringe roles. Meanwhile, Lee's daughter, Isabel (Elizabeth Banks), is getting ready to marry Jonathan (James Marsden), a young executive with a secret of his own. And Lee is unhappy that her husband (Phil Tabor) has chosen her understudy (Susan Malick) for his latest dalliance. All comes to a head as Peter (John Light), who has been hired by Vanity Fair to look into a famous photographer's sexual past, uncovers some surprising revelations. This gem of a film, taking place over just one day, features fine support by an eclectic group of stars, including Denis O'Hare, George Segal, Eric Bogosian, Isabella Rossellini, Rufus Wainwright, and Michael Murphy. But it is the radiant Close and the mesmerizing Banks who are the heart of Terrio's poignant, powerful drama. [More]
Starring: Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Jesse Bradford
Starring: Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Jesse Bradford, Thomas Lennon, Matt Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Susan Malick, Denis O'Hare, Rufus Wainwright, Eric Bogosian, George Segal, Michael Murphy, Andrew Howard
Director: Chris Terrio
Director: Chris Terrio
Screenwriter: Amy Fox, Chris Terrio
Producer: Richard Hawley, Ismail Merchant
Composer: Ben Butler, Martin Erskine
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
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Reviews for Heights
An intelligent and perceptive film, neither unique nor earth-shattering, but still worthwhile.
Though car chases and explosions are kept to a bare minimum here, I daresay you won’t be bored.
Heights is a New York genre film....keeping our interest with adroit story telling and excellent technicals
...makes some subtle observations about insecurities and preconceptions, and the script unfolds its big twists in a way that’s surprising without turning manipulative.
A noteworthy ending to Merchant’s career and a solid beginning for the film careers of Terrio, Fox and Banks.
According to this film, New York is a joyless place where people live only to drop names, attend parties, cheat on loved ones and brood.
What happens to these not-so-interesting people isn't nearly as compelling as writer Amy Fox and first-time feature director Chris Terrio intended.
If the plot is thin, at least the characters are interesting, and the performances are consistently strong.
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