If the plot is thin, at least the characters are interesting, and the performances are consistently strong.
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07/28/05
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Heights (2005)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:15
Rotten:13
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Yet another movie about relationships in the Big Apple, Heights is never dull thanks to a competent cast.
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... [More]
Starring: Glenn Close, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Jesse Bradford
Director: Chris Terrio
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Reviews for Heights
Top CriticNone of it rings true, nor do precious affectations such as having one couple communicate with each other via walkie-talkies.
07/08/05
Top CriticTerrio may use such accelerating devices as a handheld camera and split-screen editing, but his movie still feels as inert as the piano chords in Martin Erskine and Ben Butler's score.
07/08/05
Top CriticSufficiently enjoyable and intelligent to erase unpleasant memories of Merchant-Ivory's last foray into Manhattan ... it lacks the energy and vibrancy of the best films to come out of the city in the past few years.
07/08/05
Top CriticIt's duly considered, absolutely serious, self-consciously modern and, unfortunately, fairly dull.
07/08/05
Top CriticIt's all as pretentious as the arty types it seeks to chastise for not living their lives honestly.
07/08/05
Top Critic'We don't know how to be people of passion,' [Glenn Close] exclaims to a collection of rapt acting students, early in the film. She might as well be admonishing the movie's cast.
07/07/05
Top CriticA refreshing, adult-themed departure from the summer's cartoons and alien frights.
07/07/05
Top CriticHeights manages to make the lives of all these beautiful people seem quite tedious. Despite their accomplishments, the only thing they seem suited for is hailing cabs.
07/07/05
Top CriticI must confess that there were long stretches in Heights when I felt that the proceedings were a tad too 'theatrical' for my taste.
07/07/05
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07/05/05
Top CriticHeights is far from a perfect movie, but as a hint of Terrio's talent, it's an eminently watchable effort.
07/01/05
Top CriticHeights is definitely worth a visit, even if it stops short of the loftiest peaks.
07/01/05
Top CriticIt's just a snapshot of the daily struggle known as life.
06/30/05
Top CriticAll very inside a particular stratum of New York, and that can be annoying for the majority of us on the outside. But this very insularity is responsible for the perversely fascinating ways the characters' lives intersect.
06/24/05
Top CriticA week after seeing this multi-character Manhattan roundelay, you may barely remember its small, not particularly original ironies. Yet it's wholly alive while it's up there on the screen, in a way few movies are anymore.
06/24/05
Top CriticThese are not people me and you and everyone we know know -- these are 'short version' people, characters who comfort each other by quoting Shakespeare.
06/23/05
Top CriticIt is entertaining to see the lives of complex people become brutally simple all of a sudden. They build elaborate facades of belief and image, they think they know who they are and what people think of them, and suddenly they're back at the beginning.
06/23/05
Top CriticThe performances are all excellent, with Banks the real find here.
06/20/05
Top CriticHeights is just as contrived as the entertainment it mocks.
06/17/05
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