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  • 2010
  • R
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 27 m
Mercy

Summary Mercy, a lush indie romance from actor/writer/producer Scott Caan, and directed by first Patrick Hoelck in an amazing transition from the world of fashion photography to filmmaking, follows Johnny Ryan, a successful young romance novelist who, as it happens, doesn't actually believe in love. At the launch party for his latest book, Johnn...

Directed By: Patrick Hoelck

Written By: Scott Caan

  • 2010
  • R
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • MPI Home Video
  • 1 h 27 m

Mercy

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary Mercy, a lush indie romance from actor/writer/producer Scott Caan, and directed by first Patrick Hoelck in an amazing transition from the world of fashion photography to filmmaking, follows Johnny Ryan, a successful young romance novelist who, as it happens, doesn't actually believe in love. At the launch party for his latest book, Johnn...

Directed By: Patrick Hoelck

Written By: Scott Caan

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Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Its modesty is what makes its very real virtues -- a tart, literate script, an adroit balance of humor and pathos, a memorable onscreen collaboration between star-scribe Scott Caan and his father James -- so cumulatively impressive.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
50
What's lacking is a little more depth. This is a movie that covers a lot of distance in only 87 minutes.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
50
Despite risible dialogue, Mercy is watchable because of Caan's physical presence -- and a couple of scenes with his real-life father, James Caan, as his cynical dad who pronounces that "love -- it does not exist."
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
50
Had John Cassavetes directed “Love Story,” it might have turned out looking and sounding something like Mercy, a portrait of a sub-Mailer-like literary pugilist and the woman (named Mercy) who wins his heart. Odd as that juxtaposition may seem, it’s not a bad mix.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
50
At the risk that giving Scott Caan a bad review will cause him to fall in love with me, I must note the irony in a film that seeks to critique superficiality, only to fall back on the old "dead fiancées deepen dipshits" trick.
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40
A romantic drama with some good qualities -- among them earnestness and strong performances -- but not enough to completely overcome the strain of its clichés.
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Caan can’t seem to play up his strengths. He’s a raw talent who needs an editor for his scripts and a strong hand behind the camera guiding him. Mercy gives our guy neither.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Production Company IFC Films, Gold Pony Films
Release Date Apr 30, 2010
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating R
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Website https://www.mpihomevideo.com/products/mercy-dvd?_pos=1&_sid=3823e8dbb
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