Mind the Gap (2005)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 7
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Average Rating: 4.6/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 6
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Five New Yorkers come to terms with the bittersweet reality of life in this collection of intertwined stories. Single dad Sam struggles to raise his son; elderly Herb honors a deceased friend with a perilous act; musician Jody worries what heartache will do to her pacemaker; free-spirited Malissa cares for her sick mother; and John reels from his failed marriage. Eric Schaeffer, Alan King, Charles Parnell, Jill Sobule and Elizabeth Reaser star.
Jul 1, 2005 Wide
Jul 12, 2005
Showtime Networks Inc.
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Cast
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Alan King
Herb Schweitzer -
Elizabeth Reaser
Malissa Zubach -
Eric Schaeffer
Sam Blue -
Christopher Kovaleski
Rocky Blue -
Charles Parnell
John McCabe -
Jill Sobule
Jody Buller -
Kim Raver
Vicki Walters -
John Heard
Henry Richards -
Todd Weeks
Dr. Albertson -
Mina Badie
Dana -
Deirdre Kingsbury
Mother Zubach -
Yolonda Ross
Deniese -
Pamela Dunlap
Elsa -
Dorothi Fox
Grandma (Soul Food Rest... -
Dolores McDougal
Woman on Street -
Vera Farmiga
Allison Lee -
Marcia Haufrecht
Sady -
Bernadette Drayton
Rape Mother -
Lynne Matthew
Mother Hollander -
Jicky Schnee
Denny -
Stan Berger
Morris -
Connie Sheppard
Beth -
Eileen Ronaldes
Nancy -
Michael Gatson
Priest -
Pamela Reid
Mrs. Trouchet -
Dajon Matthews Roach
Antwon -
Richard J. Miller
Doctor Richards -
Marcus A. Charles
David -
Malcolm Ali Davis
William -
Larry Shagawatt
Bobby -
Lauren Schnipper
Woman With Dog -
Nicholas Kaufmann
Boy on Bicycle -
Hayley Joel
NYC Pretty Young Girl -
Michael Isaiah Johnson
Davis (Soul Food Restau... -
Gerre Samuels
Davey -
Timothy Moody
Hollander Boy 1 -
Ahmed El Shaikh
Hollander Boy 2 -
Michael Caruso
Officer Frank Williams -
Dannelle Johnson
Rape Daughter -
Tara Furcini
Taco Bell Worker -
Tom Wooler
Baseball Father -
Tommy Beeso
Baseball Son -
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All Critics (20) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (7)
The coincidences are almost all supremely transparent and the characters gratingly quirky, two faults that committed acting almost redeems. But not quite.
The performances are solid, even when the roles are aggressively whimsical.
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.
Top CriticWarm-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.
An overly ambitious, overly complex and overly long opus that bites off more than it can chew.
Schaeffer, known for the quirky romantic comedies, goes a more serious route in this disappointing anthology of stories about love and forgiveness.
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.
Because the performances are so true, we believe in these people, even when they're doing unbearably wacky things.
You can see what's coming five minutes into the movie, but capable acting lends it a certain superficial charm.
Formulaic but surprisingly affecting.
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.
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.
This is a solid under-the-radar sleeper.
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