Captures the resourcefulness and fragility of human nature with a consistently sharp eye that proves truly mesmerizing.
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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002)
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Reviews Counted:109
Fresh:90
Rotten:19
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is an intelligent and poignant look at lives intersecting.
Theatrical Release:May 24, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $3,004,491
Synopsis: A man approaching middle age decides to change his life. A rising young attorney's plans are thrown into disarray as the result of a single act. A woman faces her husband's infidelity. An envious... [More]
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, John Turturro, Clea DuVall, Amy Irving
Director: Jill Sprecher
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06/28/02
The script by Sprecher and her sister Karen is a clockwork marvel, and offers some talented actors their best roles in years
06/28/02
A work of intricate elegance, literary lyricism and profound common sense.
06/27/02
Thirteen Conversations may occasionally frustrate -- but it brings rich, thoughtful rewards.
06/21/02
Smart and alert, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is a small gem.
06/21/02
Frequently stilted and annoyingly abstruse as it is enlightening.
06/21/02
Top CriticOne of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us involved.
06/21/02
Top CriticSprecher's facile nihilism overwhelms the petty gestures of goodwill that are intended to exonerate her isolated characters.
06/20/02
A piquant meditation on the things that prevent people from reaching happiness.
06/14/02
Top CriticLess-than-great-but-still-very-interesting film.
06/14/02
Top CriticWhatever the truth, and despite some strong performances and a mildly creative way of interconnecting the various storylines, the picture is too much of a downer to be considered entertaining.
06/14/02
Nothing fantastic or supernatural ever happens, but you can still feel cosmic forces at work behind the scenes, conspiring to repeatedly test the movie's characters, doling out reward and punishment in equal doses.
06/14/02
The movie occasionally threatens to become didactic, but it's too grounded in the reality of its characters to go over the edge. A touch of humor or an unexpected plot twist always pulls it back.
06/14/02
Top CriticA pretentious drama.
06/14/02
Jill Sprecher has put together a nice ensemble cast to talk about happiness. Terrific moments add up to an interesting look at fate, consequences, and the power of a wave
06/14/02
The movie is brilliant, really. It is philosophy, illustrated through everyday events.
06/14/02
Top CriticIt works in fits and starts, but you never shake the feeling that it's trying too hard.
06/13/02
Top CriticHappiness is a topic as amorphous as it is sentimental, but 13 Conversations is grounded in the kinds of concrete emotions and images we can all relate to.
06/13/02
It shows how, in the cosmic scheme of things, disconnected acts and people do connect. And that they inalterably change each other.
06/13/02
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