A Broken Sole

Name: A Broken Sole
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-10-29T17:30:18-07:00

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Release date: Nov 2, 2007

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Movie Info

Six people become three couples in the wake of the emotional chaos of 9/11 in this three-part drama adapted from the off-Broadway play by Susan Charlotte. Hilary (Judith Light) is a fiftysomething movie buff who teaches film studies. On the afternoon of September 11, she discovers there's a hole in her shoe, and she turns to a cobbler (Danny Aiello) with a passion for opera for an emergency repair; while they don't get along at first, they bond over a shared love of the classic Italian film The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. Elsewhere, Nan (Margaret Colin) is a would-be actress who supports herself working at a travel agency who is trying to make sense of her on-again, off-again relationship with filmmaker Bob (John Shea). And a real-estate woman with a bad case of nerves (Laila Robins) has her expectations up-ended by a chatty taxi driver (Bob Dishy). A Broken Sole was the first feature film from director Antony Marsellis.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Antony Marsellis
Written By:

Susan Charlotte
In Theaters:

Nov 2, 2007 wide
Runtime:

97 minutes

Cast

Danny Aiello
as Shoemaker

Judith Light
as Shoemaker's Customer

Laila Robins
as Cabbie's Passenger

Bob Dishy
as Cabbie

Margaret Colin
as Dyslexic Lover’s Lover

John Shea
as Dyslexic Lover

Critic Reviews for A Broken Sole

All Critics (4) | Top Critics (2) | Rotten (4)

The artificiality of the proceedings, which are marked by schematic characterizations, obvious metaphors and stilted dialogue, is not alleviated by the director's choice of visuals.

Nov 20, 2007

Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
Top Critic
Boringly staged tableaus of self-involved yuppies and sentimentalized white working-class ethnics struggling to connect.

Nov 4, 2007 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Matt Zoller Seitz
New York Times
Top Critic
The rhythms of Charlotte's mannered, artificial dialogue are better suited to stage than screen -- each segment started life as a one-act play and overall the film works better as a conversation starter than drama.

Nov 2, 2007 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide
A Broken Sole is a bad movie, worse theater.

Oct 26, 2007 | Rating: 0/4 | Full Review…

Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine