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Critics Consensus: Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is an intelligent and poignant look at lives intersecting.
Critic Consensus: Thirteen Conversations About One Thing is an intelligent and poignant look at lives intersecting.
All Critics (114) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (95) | Rotten (19) | DVD (3)
This intelligent, engaging indie introduces very human characters, with seemingly unconnected lives, whose paths cross.
It's entertaining, well-written, slice-of-life stuff, but I'd rather spend 90 minutes with one of these stories than flit between several in a manner that does little to illuminate any of them.
Resonates with intelligence and a poignancy.
Without getting grand or preachy, the Sprechers use an unconventional approach to coax us into asking ourselves fundamental questions.
Often messy and frustrating, but very pleasing at its best moments, it's very much like life itself.
Smart, serious and deftly composed.
lends higher philosophical and spiritual tone ... without preaching
An interesting and profound drama...
A terrific film that follows several interrelated New York stories and the people barely existing within them.
Poignant, touching, and in moments deeply philosophical, Sprecher's second feature is most interesting.
Clea DuVall again shows why she's one of Hollywood's most under-rated actresses
Initially writer/director Jill Sprecher seems to revel in fashionable cynicism, but her ability to look at the lighter side and her discreet faith in human nature eventually win out.
13 Conversations is an interesting little film. It is neatly filmed with solid acting to the extent that I wonder why I don't find myself rating it higher. Thinking about it, I believe my disappointment is because I had expected that a movie about happiness would be more emotional and more optimistic. Instead, the overall vibe is bittersweet and a bit heavy on the bitter part.
Super Reviewer
Several intertwining stories in this elegant confusion of an ensemble piece of a small film about THE MEANING OF LIFE (only w/o the capital letters). Excellent performances abound.
One of those intertwining ensemble stories that almost makes it but not quite. The titular "one thing" isn't always clear. It could be several things: fortune, happiness, love, guilt, faith, trust, fate, coincidence, et cetera. All the individual stories are really quite beautiful though, with moments of deep elation and moments of inexplicable grief.
Definitely an intelligent film. It's not for everybody, though. It's not the most entertaining movie I've ever seen. Eccentric, and at times confusing. Rather slow.
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