2016
R
IFC Films
1 h 30 m

2016
R
IFC Films
1 h 30 m

Summary A snowy New York City night, a beloved teacher, a shocking crime: this provocative drama pieces together the puzzle of a man’s life just before it changes forever. While on his way home one evening, Walter Zarrow (Sam Waterston), a popular Columbia University philosophy professor, is violently attacked on the street. Flash back one week,...

Directed By: Tim Blake Nelson

Written By: Tim Blake Nelson

2016
R
IFC Films
1 h 30 m

2016
R
IFC Films
1 h 30 m

Anesthesia

Name: Anesthesia
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2016-01-08
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Rating: 55
Cast: Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Gretchen Mol, Ivan Goris

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings

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Directed By: Tim Blake Nelson

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The New York Times

Jan 7, 2016

Lacking epic pretensions and modest in scale, running under 90 minutes, Anesthesia is really closer in spirit to Rodrigo García’s delicate 2005 gem, “Nine Lives.” And it doesn’t waste a word or an image.

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Village Voice

Jan 5, 2016

Anesthesia doesn't cast judgment. Instead, Nelson slowly reveals awful things about his characters after we've decided to like them. I admire the film's vigor, even if at times it feels like a cruel, clumsy trick.

By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW

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IndieWire

Apr 30, 2015

Despite a few stylistic inconsistencies, the conceit mostly works, but it helps that this time Nelson has rounded up a talented group of actors to play his troubled ensemble of characters.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

Jan 29, 2016

The irony of Anesthesia is that, while it uses interconnectivity as a storytelling mechanism, the characters do not really connect.

By Molly Eichel FULL REVIEW

Movie Nation

Jan 7, 2016

The intellectual ambition, the showy “smart” dialogue and collectively quotable characters played by actors we respect make Anesthesia watchable, and its existence as an indie film that attracted this cast, won financing and made it into theaters easy to explain.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

Variety

Apr 30, 2015

The ensemble labors sincerely to bring Nelson’s dense, frequently didactic writing to life, though it can be a hard task.

By Guy Lodge FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Jan 5, 2016

Tim Blake Nelson's film immerses itself into as many pain-induced (and painful) subplots as it possibly can.

By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Grand Schema, Hello Please, Nicholson International Pictures, Red Barn Films

Release Date Jan 8, 2016

Duration 1 h 30 m

Rating R

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Tagline Who we don't know can save us

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Sam Waterston

Walter Zarrow

Kristen Stewart

Sophie

Corey Stoll

Sam

Gretchen Mol

Sarah

Ivan Goris

Ignacio

Rob Morgan

Parnell

Mickey Sumner

Nicole

Kaipo Schwab

Tenant

Tim Blake Nelson

Adam

Philip Ettinger

Roger

Natasha Gregson Wagner

Marta

Erica Cho

Teacher

Jacqueline Baum

Allie

Ekaterina Samsonov

Angie

Hannah Marks

Ella

Ben Konigsberg

Hal

K. Todd Freeman

Joe

Michael Kenneth Williams

Jeffrey

J. Bernard Calloway

Cedar

Jessica Hecht

Jill

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