The Myth of Fingerprints

Name: The Myth of Fingerprints
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: September 17, 1997
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Julianne Moore

1997

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: September 17, 1997 | R

Starring: Julianne Moore

Summary: A funny, sharply observed tale of an uneasy and emotionally charged New England family reunion. (Sony)

Director: Bart Freundlich

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 93 min

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James Berardinelli

A low-key holiday drama that's refreshing not only because it lacks the big discovery melodrama of most similar movies but because it's entirely believable. Read full review

David Sterritt

The characters are sharply etched but the plot is made deliberately ambiguous, suggesting that family life is so emotionally intricate that no single story can contain or explain it. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

It's a decorous film, conventionally well-made, but don't be fooled. Its emotional impact is considerable. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Less can sometimes be perceived as more, but in the case of The Myth of Fingerprints less is simply less. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Has some good performances (Ms. Moore's ongoing snit is a terrifically sustained bit of glowering), but it only barely begins to knit its self-pitying characters into a credible family unit. They are oddballs with attitude. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

The film has a kind of echo-filled emptiness to it that some will take as profundity and others as mere emptiness. Read full review

Charles Taylor

The Myth of Fingerprints is only 90 minutes long, but watching all this tasteful torment, you can't help thinking that if you were watching a Jewish family or an Italian one, the air would be cleared -- and you'd be out of the theater -- a hell of a lot quicker. Read full review

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