Dedication

Name: Dedication
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: August 24, 2007
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Billy Crudup, Mandy Moore, Tom Wilkinson

2007

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First Look International | Release Date: August 24, 2007 | R

Starring: Billy Crudup, Mandy Moore, Tom Wilkinson

Summary: Dedication is a modern love story in which the misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book series is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and creative collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life, he discovers that maybe all it takes is aDedication is a modern love story in which the misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book series is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and creative collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life, he discovers that maybe all it takes is a little dedication to find love. (The Weinstein Company)… Expand

Director: Justin Theroux

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Joshua Katzman

Actor Justin Theroux makes an impressive directorial debut, aided by David Bromberg's mordantly funny dialogue. Read full review

Steven Rea

Dedication works anyway, thanks to Theroux's jumping visuals and Crudup's jumpy performance. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Crudup delivers a bracing, uncompromising performance, but it's unmistakably a solo turn in a romantic comedy that's supposed to be about the blurring of egos and the fusing of two idiosyncratic voices into a single harmonious duet. Read full review

Walter Addiego

In the end, all the bitterness seems like window-dressing to disguise a trite story. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

A strong cast that flounders in profoundly unappealing material. Read full review

Sid Smith

Frame by frame, Crudup is fascinating. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Theroux and company could be said to be "Garden State"-ing, or trying to. Instead of that film's sheen of the touchingly weird, Dedication finds a whole lot of the coldly dumb. Read full review

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ChadS.

Mar 1, 2008

When South African novelist Doris Lessing("The Golden Notebook") won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007, Erica Jong, author of "The Fear of Flying", wrote that "they could have given it to Philip Roth for paeans to his penis," which brings us to "Dedication". Henry Roth(Billy Crudup) is When South African novelist Doris Lessing("The Golden Notebook") won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007, Erica Jong, author of "The Fear of Flying", wrote that "they could have given it to Philip Roth for paeans to his penis," which brings us to "Dedication". Henry Roth(Billy Crudup) is celibate(when he's not careful, he leaves a human stain). He writes children's "literature". Lucy Reilly(Mandy Moore), an illustrator by default, entered the profession after she outlived her usefulness as a self-important thesis adviser's muse. Reilly shares the same surname as Valerie Martin, the author of "Mary Reilly"; the lesser Reilly, a PhD candidate for English literature, wanted to distance herself("as far as possible," she tells Henry) from the world of important books. Another name with literary allusions, another inside joke, "Dedication" is funnier than you think. In children's literature, the target demographic tends to be more scrutinizing about pictures than words. Henry is disposable. His maladjusted persona seems better fitted for a man who writes real literature. All that neuroses is wasted on a beaver named Bucky. Henry's machismo and hubris seems disproportionate to his literary talent. "Dedication" is "Pollock" of a lesser god. For sure, he's Roth of a lesser god. Lucy, formally trained in uncovering meaning behind objects, will have no problems figuring out the root of beaver.… Expand

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JayH.

Feb 6, 2008

This movie is slow as molasses. The performances are appealing and the cinematography is attractively done, nice score and editing, but the writing was uninspiring and tedious.

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