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Un film di Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Con Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Daphne Rubin-Vega.
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Commedia,
durata 89 min.
- USA 2010.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's slice-of-life directorial debut takes a while to build up, but the authentic New York vibe and the actors' strong performances make the film mostly worthwhile.
di Gary Goldstein The Los Angeles Times
By Hollywood's staunchly risk-averse standards, the film adaptation of Bob Glaudini's 2007 stage play "Jack Goes Boating" is an exceedingly brave venture. It's an intimate, slice-of-life story in which things move deliberately, character goals are modest, and emotions — both of the internal and external kind — take center stage. The movie, adapted by Glaudini and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in his feature directing debut, is a vanishing — one could say vanished — breed, harking back to such small, sensitive dramas as Paddy Chayefsky's 1950s classic "Marty," to which "Jack" owes a distinct shout-out. [...]
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