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Old Joy is the story of two old friends, Kurt (Oldham) and Mark (London), who reunite for a weekend
Old Joy is the story of two old friends, Kurt (Oldham) and Mark (London), who reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. (Kino International)
Genre(s):
Drama
Production:
Film Science
Runtime:
76 min
Home Release Date:
May 1, 2007
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Director:
Kelly Reichardt
Writer:
Jonathan Raymond
Kelly Reichardt
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"A triumph of modesty and of seriousness that also happens to be one of the finest American films of the year."
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"The movie's scale is minuscule, but the physical and emotional landscapes it travels are as broad, deep and mysterious as the human psyche itself."
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"A spare, trembling lyric poem of a movie that uses stillness and facial blips the way melodramas use showdowns and action films big bangs."
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"Kurt and Mark's trip to those hot springs is a figurative return to Eden. Anyone who's had a disillusioning reunion with a moony old friend knows what Mark discovers: They're too old to stay that innocent. None of this hit me until after the movie ended. But it hit me hard: You can't go home again."
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"Against a radiant backdrop of decay and rebirth, nothing needs to be said; everything in this lovely film is crystalline."
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"Making exceptional use of stillness and silence, this is a rather sad study of the passing of traditional concepts of American masculinity along with the landscape that forged them."
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"You must lead a dull life if it would be enlivened by 76 minutes' worth of Old Joy."
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Apr 2, 2007
Very sensitive !
Sep 25, 2006
Amazing.
Oct 29, 2006
Well acted and very well directed, Old Joy lives up to all of the hype and then some.
Sep 23, 2007
Pace is so slow that I could have been real time.
Mar 17, 2007
There is obviously no middle ground for this movie. I do want to know where those hot springs were?
Mar 10, 2007
Oct 4, 2006
