Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2002)

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Rating: R
Release Date: May 24, 2002
Running Time: 103 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
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A group of people live their separate lives, unaware of the subtle interconnections that bring them together. There's a cocky attorney who becomes a fugitive following a hit-and-run incident, a math professor whose wife is the victim of a mugging, an insurance company manager troubled by his ex-wife and delinquent son, and a young woman convalescing after a car accident.
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May 21, 2002
It takes a while for this oddball film - a mosaic of stories in the style of Magnolia - to take hold, but when it does, it grabs you hard. Director Jill Sprecher (Clockwatchers), who wrote the funny and touching script with her sister Karen, separates the thirteen conversations about the fragile nature of happiness with title cards such as wisdom comes suddenly, and my fave: fuck guilt.

There are four main characters: Troy (Matthew McConaughey in excellent form) is a hotshot lawyer, brash and… Continued

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Take a typical day or two out of anyone's schedule--you'll realize why people do what they do, and discover a never-ending search for happiness.

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Picture a very mainstream group of New Yorkers who don't necessarily know each other but are all on the quest for something bigger than themselves. They are people who pass one another in busy streets; they are co-workers; they are strangers. They are Everyman and Everywoman who seemingly manage their lives well at first glance but are actually… Continued