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Mind the Gap (2005)

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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.

R, 15 min.

Drama, Television, Comedy

Jul 12, 2005

Showtime Networks Inc.

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All Critics (20) | Top Critics (9) | 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.

December 16, 2004 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | Comment
Dallas Morning News
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The performances are solid, even when the roles are aggressively whimsical.

November 29, 2004 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Comment
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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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.

November 4, 2004 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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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.

November 4, 2004 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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An overly ambitious, overly complex and overly long opus that bites off more than it can chew.

November 1, 2004 Comment
Hollywood Reporter
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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.

September 24, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Comment
New York Daily News
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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.

December 17, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | Comment

Because the performances are so true, we believe in these people, even when they're doing unbearably wacky things.

November 26, 2004 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | Comment
St. Paul Pioneer Press

You can see what's coming five minutes into the movie, but capable acting lends it a certain superficial charm.

November 4, 2004 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | Comment
L.A. Weekly

Formulaic but surprisingly affecting.

September 24, 2004 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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.

September 11, 2004 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

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.

April 6, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

This is a solid under-the-radar sleeper.

April 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Mind the Gap

Interesting movie I happen to catch by chance. Good movie concerning a small group of seemingly unrelated people and how unique, exciting, dreadful and different life can be.

July 20, 2007

I really love movies that share stories about people and how crazy, wonderful, and insufferable life can be. This is one of the best of those.

March 17, 2007

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