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Diminished Capacity
IFC Films
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Matthew Broderick,
Alan Alda,
Virginia Madsen,
Dylan Baker,
Louis C.K.,
and
Bobby Cannavale
Director Terry Kinney's delightfully poignant and bittersweet comedy poses the question: How much is a good memory worth? That's the question that faces newspaper editor Cooper after a debilitating concussion takes him from the political pages to comic strip detail. Looking for answers, he travels home to Missouri where his now-senile Uncle Rollie is on the verge of losing his home. When a valuable baseball card is thrown into the mix, these two men, along with a motley group of hometown friends, including Cooper's high school sweetheart, Charlotte, head to a memorabilia expo to make the deal of a century, diving headfirst into a snake pit of slick salesmen, crooked dealers, and rabid fans revealing that there are some things in life you can't put a price on. (IFC Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Sherwood Kiraly
Doug Bost (additional written material)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Terry Kinney
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: July 4, 2008
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| RUNNING TIME: |
92 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
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Entertainment Weekly
Leah Greenblatt
The result is fairly silly slapstick, but Alda, hair disheveled and brow knit with stubborn intent, is both fierce and quietly heartbreaking.
75
New York Post
Kyle Smith
The smart indie comedy Diminished Capacity deals with three kinds of dementia: those relating to aging, concussions and being a Chicago Cubs fan. Tying those three things together is a task that the witty script does with surprising adroitness.
70
Los Angeles Times
Jan Stuart
All of the actors convey the ebullience of old friends convening for an on-the-cheap reunion. The shared good spirits result in a diminutive comedy with a bounty of charm and shrewd humor.
63
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
A risky, not entirely successful comedy about mental disability, based on the novel by Sherwood Kiraly.
63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
A road movie that never really takes off.
50
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Touches earnestly on heart-heavy issues of loss: loss of memory, of love and, perhaps because of the local angle, of (or rather by) the Chicago Cubs. But Mr. Kinney, a founder of the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago and a familiar face from film and television, never gives his movie a sustained pulse.
50
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
When a respected actor moves into the director's chair, he can usually draw a pretty good cast, which is certainly the case here... But Sherwood Kiraly's slight script only makes this embarrassment of riches seem more embarrassing.
50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A mild pleasure from one end to the other, but not much more. Maybe that's enough, serving as a reminder that movie comedies still can be about ordinary people and do not necessarily have to feature vulgarity as their centerpiece.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Alda actually is kind of interesting as the mentally unstable uncle, but Broderick appears to be sleepwalking. Madsen has little to do, and everyone else plays things far too broadly.
50
Variety
John Anderson
A God's little acre's worth of premeditated eccentricity runs through Diminished Capacity, a triumphant losers-in-Cornville comedy starring Matthew Broderick in a role he might have phoned in, and Alan Alda as a combination Jed Clampett and Raymond Babbitt.
50
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
It's the kind of lite movie you go and see with your mom, and she'll say she liked it--but then a year later, you're both trying to remember what it was even about. Two and a half shrugs.
50
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Striving for low-key character comedy, Diminished Capacity ends up diminishing its returns.
50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Noel Murray
Broderick, Alda, and Madsen are all fine--and Alda has some poignant moments as he realizes the implications of his forgetfulness--but their presence in a movie like this reaffirms its conventionality.
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