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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, 2001

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, John Turturro

Directed by: Jill Sprecher

Written by: Karen Sprecher

Language: English, German, Italian

Country: USA

Runtime: 104 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.1

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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing can be described as gloomy, touching, and bleak. The plot revolves around human nature, psychological motives, and couples relations. The main genre is drama. In terms of style, it involves multiple stories, is a melodrama, and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It is located in New York. It takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. It is well suited for a girls' night. Note that it involves mild violent content.

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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing tells the interconnected stories of several New Yorkers who are searching for meaning in their lives. Troy (Matthew McConaughy), a promising attorney, puts his seemingly bright future at risk when he drives away from an accident. He injures Beatrice (Clea DuVall), a young cleaning woman, and her recovery from the accident severely tests her natural optimism and affects her friend Dorrie (Tia Texada). Tiring of the predictable routine of his life, university teacher Walter (John Turturro) buys Troy's car and starts a relationship with another teacher, Helen (Barbara Sukowa). Walter's wife, Patricia (Amy Irving), is left to deal with his infidelity, but she finds a rare moment of solace on the subway when a stranger waves at her. The stranger, Gene (Alan Arkin), a claims adjuster weighed down by his responsibilities, resents the incurable optimism of his coworker Wade (William Wise).

The connections between these people are sometimes small and trivial, and other times momentous. But they are woven together with great skill by the film's scriptwriters, sisters Jill and Karen Sprecher. Jill Sprecher also directed the large cast, amongst whom the standouts are Amy Irving and Alan Arkin. Arkin in particular, with his beautifully modulated performance, essentially provides the spine of the movie.

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Language:	English, German, Italian
Country:	USA
Release date:	January 2002
Runtime:	104 min

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Matthew McConaughey

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John Turturro

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Barbara Sukowa and John Turturro in Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)

Matthew McConaughey and Alan Arkin in Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)

Tia Texada and Clea DuVall in Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)

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Variety

This intelligent, engaging indie sets out to find a few answers and in the process introduces a clutch of interesting, very human characters. Full Review

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by: David Stratton

The New York Times

Thrillingly smart, but not, like so many other pictures in this vein, merely an elaborate excuse for its own cleverness. As you puzzle over the intricacies of its shape, which reveal themselves only in retrospect, you may also find yourself... Full Review

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by: Dana Stevens

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The movie is about 4 groups of people and their attempt to attain happiness. While the concept is very interesting, the movie lacks spark. I spent the last half of the movie waiting for it to end so that I would know the point. If I werent so... Read and rate it

20.September.2010
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by: tpaine
tpaine rated this movie0/10

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