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Mind The Gap (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 10  Rotten:7 Average Rating: 5.6/10
Rated: R
Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins
Synopsis:
Based on the premise that even distant strangers are connected to one another is some way, MIND THE GAP revolves around five seemingly unrelated people facing crisis points in their lives. While each person's life and problem is different from the next, they are all led to New York City, where... [More]
Based on the premise that even distant strangers are connected to one another is some way, MIND THE GAP revolves around five seemingly unrelated people facing crisis points in their lives. While each person's life and problem is different from the next, they are all led to New York City, where without knowing it, they will change each other's lives forever. The pursuit of happiness at the heart of this drama comes in many forms, with a single father named Sam trying to expand his social circle through a speed dating service, and a street performer named Jody Butler taking her act to the stage. Despite the disparity between them, each character must face the same challenge--to come to grips with their past in order to move on towards the future. [Less]

Genre: Television

Starring: Alan King, Elizabeth Reaser, Christopher Kovaleski, Charles Parnell, Jill Sobule

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Jul 12, 2005

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12/06/05 07:58 PM
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It's moving, poignant, funny, and charming. Best of all, the characters get the closure they need and when they find renewed hope, it lifts your spirits.

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12/17/04 09:11 AM
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
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The coincidences are almost all supremely transparent and the characters gratingly quirky, two faults that committed acting almost redeems. But not quite.

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12/16/04 04:50 PM
Matt Weitz
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The performances are solid, even when the roles are aggressively whimsical.

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11/29/04 05:17 PM
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Because the performances are so true, we believe in these people, even when they're doing unbearably wacky things.

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11/26/04 08:55 PM
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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There are a couple of affecting moments here and there, but they are lost amid more than two snail-paced hours of often maudlin tedium.

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11/04/04 06:25 PM
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You can see what's coming five minutes into the movie, but capable acting lends it a certain superficial charm.

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11/04/04 01:38 PM
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly
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Warm-hearted but clear-eyed indie effort richly repays audience patience during deliberately paced and provocatively allusive early scenes with a cumulative emotional impact that is immensely satisfying.

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11/04/04 01:36 PM
Joe Leydon
Variety
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An overly ambitious, overly complex and overly long opus that bites off more than it can chew.

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11/01/04 10:16 PM
Frank Scheck
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Formulaic but surprisingly affecting.

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09/24/04 04:00 PM
Maitland McDonagh
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Schaeffer, known for the quirky romantic comedies, goes a more serious route in this disappointing antho­logy of stories about love and forgiveness.

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09/24/04 03:59 PM
Robert Dominguez
New York Daily News
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Schaeffer's rip-off -- er, homage -- to Magnolia.

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09/24/04 02:31 PM
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Eric Schaeffer takes a stab at the intertwined-lives ensemble-cast film.

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09/23/04 07:48 PM
Anita Gates
New York Times
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In the crass, endless Mind the Gap, Schaeffer dares to ape Magnolia, telling five barely connected stories with all the grace of a juggler tossing open bottles of Drano.

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09/21/04 01:29 PM
Ben Kenigsberg
Village Voice
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Despite its flaws, Mind the Gap comes together as a beautiful portrait of seemingly unrelated ties that lead to important shifts in the lives of total strangers.

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09/11/04 08:59 AM
Rachel Gordon
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Schaeffer’s voice represents the Average Joe in a bar who thinks he has all the answers about the human condition but has nothing interesting to say. Yet, he keeps talking.

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04/06/04 10:44 PM
Erik Childress
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This is a solid under-the-radar sleeper.

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04/03/04 08:38 AM
Merle Bertrand
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