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The Secret Lives of Dentists (2003)
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Reviews Counted:93
Fresh:79
Rotten:14
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: A witty and honest look at marriage in decay.
Theatrical Release:Aug 1, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $3,637,833
Synopsis: Hope Davis and Campbell Scott play married dentists in this insightful dramatic comedy from director Alan Rudolph (AFTERGLOW, DOROTHY PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE). Based on the novel THE AGE OF... [More]
Starring: Campbell Scott, Hope Davis, Denis Leary, Robin Tunney
Director: Alan Rudolph
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Reviews for The Secret Lives of Dentists
[An] intriguing dark comedy.
08/01/03
Rudolph, whose reputation rests on ensemble pieces, lets Scott's performance -- as skilled as his pyrotechnical turn in Roger Dodger (2002), but composed entirely of subtle notes -- anchor the film.
07/31/03
more of an intellectual exercise than a melodrama, but one with its own chilly pleasures.
07/23/03
Mr. Rudolph's opus is already guaranteed a place on my year's 10-best list.
08/15/03
Top CriticThat most extraordinary of achievements, the small, quiet movie that imperceptibly takes its viewers by their throats and doesn't let go until its emotionally explosive -- and equally small and quiet -- final moments.
08/15/03
A cross between 'Eyes Wide Shut' and 'A Beautiful Mind' -- but more compelling than either.
07/18/03
A faultlessly constructed, artistic look at love, loss and truths we can't ignore.
08/28/03
Top CriticA powerful examination of contemporary family life.
08/02/03
Scott and Davis turn in subdued but strong performances, and Leary gets plenty of laughs. Dramatic elements are handled austerely, lending the few emotional moments added weight
04/24/03
It's funny, dark, different, hard to describe in a way that really does it justice - it's about life's real emotions and behaviors, along with a little fantasy, a touch of opera, and a couple of fillings.
05/09/03
An intelligent, detailed reminder that it's usually better not to wait until something hurts to get it fixed.
08/08/03
A smart, understated, emotionally penetrating drama that tempts one to forgive Breakfast of Champions and Trixie.
08/14/03
Top CriticWhile it's Dave's madly humming brain that propels the film, Davis, whose every glance is a short story in itself, makes Dana's internal crisis equally resonant.
07/30/03
An excellent adaptation of a wonderful work of fiction that sheds light on the complexities and emotional truths of married life.
07/31/03
Director Alan Rudolph shows a fine sensitivity to the loneliness that can haunt a close marriage, but it's Scott's Walter Mitty-style antihero who gives the affair its aching heart.
08/07/03
The filmmakers manage to jazz up Smiley's tempo without losing her melancholy tone; and they find a way -- without being untrue to the book -- to make the stubbornly recessive protagonist seem a dynamo on the screen.
08/08/03
The cinematography, production design and editing have the kind of honed elegance which bespeaks years of rich experience. This, matched with the wry and dry, humanly observant comic tone of the film, gives discerning moviegoers something real to bask in.
08/02/03
Like so much of Rudolph’s work, this film is about the deepest feelings and people who can’t seem to speak their feelings out loud, even to the closest people in their lives. But it’s a lot more fun than that makes it sound.
09/20/02
A smart, sensitive look at modern domestic life.
07/31/03
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