Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWill, Mather Zicket, Bill Irwin, Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George, Tunde Adebimpe, Debra Winger |
| Director |
Jonathan Demme |
| Screenplay | Jenny Lumet |
| Music | Donald Harrison Jr., Zafer Tawil |
| Cinematography | Declan Quinn |
| Editing | Tim Squyres |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Clinica Estetico, Marc Platt Productions |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Moderate to strong, fairly frequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | One brief, implied sex scene |
| Violence | Infrequent, implied but quite impactful |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Some |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | This movie deals with the very negative spinoffs of alcoholism and how it affects an entire family in different ways. |
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Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
| Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople | 10 |  |
| Cape Times Kenneth Turan | 15 | |
| The Citizen Leon van Nierop  A tough, uncompromising movie that demonstrates how a good director can acquire the maximum effect from his material. | 16 | |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 15 | |
| 24.comA must-watch for connoisseurs of finely tuned performances, richly rewarding storytelling, and bold depiction of family dysfunction that speaks of the kind of love you just don't see conveyed on screen with this level of authenticity. | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 20 | |
| eye Weekly Adam Nayman Damage never felt so good. | 15 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli For those who enjoy character studies that explore the nature of pain and guilt, this is a solid drama. | 15 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs I was surprised to find most of it fairly entertaining. | 12 |  |
| Metacritic.com 36 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 172 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Engrossing tale of family angst, highlighted by Hathaway's powerful performance. | 17 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 7700 Netizens Demme back in fine form and Hathaway with her first really fantastic performance. | 14 | |
Average .. 75% | 15 | |