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Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
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Reviews Counted: 31
Fresh: 20
Rotten:11
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the New York City friendship between journalist Joseph Mitchell and Greenwich Village bohemian Joe Gould, JOE GOULD'S SECRET takes the viewer on a nostalgic journey back to 1940s New York.... Based on the New York City friendship between journalist Joseph Mitchell and Greenwich Village bohemian Joe Gould, JOE GOULD'S SECRET takes the viewer on a nostalgic journey back to 1940s New York. In 1942, an article entitled "Professor Seagull" by Joseph Mitchell (Tucci) was published in The New Yorker magazine. It told the story of Joe Gould (Holm), a homeless man who touted himself as an intellectual and the author of a massive work-in-progress called THE ORAL HISTORY OF OUR TIME. Mitchell, who first perceived Gould to be one of "the great, genuine, original American writers," learned in the course of their long-term friendship that much of the profile he'd written for THE NEW YORKER was false. Over 20 years later, Mitchell penned a second article, "Joe Gould's Secret." Director Tucci reconstructs a quaint 1940s New York City, complete with old-fashioned studded subway cars, beautiful brownstone-lined streets, dark moody pubs, and old-fashioned diners. Also included are a couple of cameos that add flavor to this basic New York tale--Sarandon plays artist Alice Neel, and Martin appears briefly as publisher Charlie Duell. [More]
Starring: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Patricia Clarkson
Starring: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Patricia Clarkson, Susan Sarandon, Steve Martin, Ben Shenkman, Celia Weston, Allan Corduner, Alice Drummond, Patrick Tovatt, Julie Halston
Director: Stanley Tucci
Director: Stanley Tucci
Screenwriter: Howard A. Rodman
Producer: Stanley Tucci, Beth Alexander, Charles Weinstock
Composer: Evan Lurie
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Reviews for Joe Gould's Secret
Like its lead character, eventually becomes so aggravating that it long overstays its welcome.
Tucci’s slow-paced storytelling in “Big Night” was brave and worked beautifully, but the same technique in “Joe Gould’s Secret” becomes annoying.
Joe Gould's Secret - slow, detailed, cautious, and ultimately kind of obtuse. Perhaps the problem is that this is the first movie he has directed that he hasn't written.
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