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Movie Overview
Cast
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Edie Falco
Tony Shalhoub
Director
Danny Leiner
MPAA Rating
R - for language and some sexuality.
The Great New Wonderful (2006)
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OFCS Rating: 75% Fresh
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"[Maggie] Gyllenhaal ... slips into character with greater ease than any other young American actress now in the movies."
Blogcritics.org
Alan Dale
"Yet -- and quite in spite of its plinky piano score --
The Great New Wonderful
conjures occasional vividness, irrepressible pain or insight."
PopMatters
Cynthia Fuchs
B-
"There are amusing moments sprinkled throughout the film, a few genuine laughs, and some nicely played dramatic scenes."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
C
"Leiner...wants to say something important, but his cinematic and narrative technique isn't up to the task."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
4/5
"A riveting and quirky movie about the aftershocks of 9/11 in the lives of a group of people still in denial a year later."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
"No film that I've yet seen better captures the dismal mood that gripped the city in the wake of the [9/11] attacks..."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
1.5/4
"Exhibits no trace of the random, goofy humor found in Leiner's first two directorial efforts."
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
"Click here to see review"
Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
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Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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