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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary 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 Un...

Directed By: Terry Kinney

Written By: Doug Bost, Sherwood Kiraly

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 32 m

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Summary 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 Un...

Directed By: Terry Kinney

Written By: Doug Bost, Sherwood Kiraly

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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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83
The result is fairly silly slapstick, but Alda, hair disheveled and brow knit with stubborn intent, is both fierce and quietly heartbreaking.
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70
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.
By Jan Stuart FULL REVIEW
63
A road movie that never really takes off.
By Claudia Puig FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
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.
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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.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Plum Pictures, Hanson Allen Films, Hart-Lunsford Pictures, Steppenwolf Films, Benedek Films
Release Date Jul 4, 2008
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Sometimes what you lose is not as important as what you find.
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