Life During Wartime (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD) R
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in a war-torn world ridd
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 26, 2011
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Shirley Henderson, Michael Lerner, Renée Taylor, Charlotte Rampling, Ally Sheedy, Michael Kenneth Williams, Allison Janney & Ciarán Hinds | |
Performer: | Chris Marquette, Gaby Hoffmann & Paul Reubens | |
Directed by | Todd Solondz | |
Screenwriting by | Todd Solondz | |
Cinematography by | Edward Lachman | |
Photography by | Francisco Roman | |
Director of Photography: | Edward Lachman |
Entertainment Reviews:
4 stars out of 5 -- [T]he cast render these muddled people understandable....Janney juggles despair with forlorn hope, Charlotte Rampling grabs a brief cameo by the jugular and Dylan Riley Snyder pairs hurt with eagerness.
Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- [I]t's clear this is out to provoke as strongly as HAPPINESS did...
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[A] sharp-edged comic tragedy about families, forgiveness and the unsettling ironies that can threaten to unravel even an ordinary life.
Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3/4 --
Solondz populates his strange little world with a host of wounded characters that are all fascinating in their own right, leaving a bittersweet and indelible impression.
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From the Front Row
The actors handle the awkwardness beautifully, each finding a way to make Mr. Solondz's meticulous, slightly mannered dialogue sound like natural speech.
New York Times
Rating: 3/5 --
Definitely not a film for everybody, but (Todd) Solondz fans...will find plenty to chew on as he continues his exploration into the wounded lives of three sisters and their fractured families.
The Age (Australia)
Helen may not be for everyone, but to at least some of us, she's irresistible.
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Newsweek
Product Description:
Directed by Todd Solondz, this ensemble film tells the tale of a large dysfunctional family. Joy (Shirley Henderson) continues to have problems with her husband, Allen (Michael Kenneth Williams), and looks to her family for advice. A dead former boyfriend (Paul Reubens) continues to try to win her heart from the great beyond. Joy's sister, Trish (Allison Janney), meets a retiree whom she hopes will normalize her chaotic life. A third sister, screenwriter Helen (Ally Sheedy), is full of bitterness toward both her family and her career. Their mother, Mona (Renée Taylor), wants absolutely nothing to do with men. And, ex-con Bill (Ciarán Hinds), Trish's former husband, wants to reconcile with their son. LIFE DURING WARTIME is a pseudo-sequel to Solondz's HAPPINESS with different actors playing the same characters from that earlier film.
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- Sales Rank: 70,370
- UPC: 715515084512
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