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  • 2000
  • R
  • USA Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • USA Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Filmmaker Stanley Tucci takes viewers into the poignant and sometimes humorous world of New York City in the 1940s. This is the true story of two men, one of whom would tell the other's story: famed "The New Yorker" writer Joseph Mitchell and New York bohemian Joe Gould. [USA Films]

Directed By: Stanley Tucci

Written By: Joseph Mitchell, Howard A. Rodman

  • 2000
  • R
  • USA Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • USA Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Joe Gould's Secret

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Summary Filmmaker Stanley Tucci takes viewers into the poignant and sometimes humorous world of New York City in the 1940s. This is the true story of two men, one of whom would tell the other's story: famed "The New Yorker" writer Joseph Mitchell and New York bohemian Joe Gould. [USA Films]

Directed By: Stanley Tucci

Written By: Joseph Mitchell, Howard A. Rodman

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Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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A delicate yet haunting movie, a meditation on friendship, on the roots of bohemianism, on the sad comedy of madness.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
88
A wonderful, heart-breaking movie.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
80
A vivid double portrait of the artistic sensibility in its many weathers -- expressed by two fine actors clearly engaged in a labor of love.
By Bill Gallo FULL REVIEW
75
(Holm) nails one of the best roles of his career.
By Edward Guthmann FULL REVIEW
70
A quietly ambitious, well-wrought, and tastefully poignant treatment of two local literary legends.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
67
A gentle and often beautiful study in opposites.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
50
Carefully made, respectful and dull.
By Charles Taylor FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bohemian Productions, First Cold Press Productions, October Films, Weinstock Productions
Release Date Apr 7, 2000
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
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