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Synopsis: Philosophy professor Walter Zarrow is wounded during a mugging. In an effort to escape he rings buzzers indiscriminately, waking Sam, a middle aged father of two having an affair in the city. Sam reluctantly answers Zarrow's pleas, and Zarrow loses consciousness in his arms. Through an exploration of why these men, along with the mugger, and an addict named Joe, come together, we explore New York City. The experience of Zarrow, Sam, Joe and Zarrow's assailant ripple quickly out to include the connected lives of a housewife struggling with alcoholism, a stoner teen desperate to lose his virginity, a brilliant but failed writer fighting addiction, two parents confronting the prospect of terminal illness, and a brilliant grad student who wounds herself to feel alive.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Tim Blake Nelson
Production: IFC Films
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
26%
R
Year:
2015
90 min
£22,386
1,330 Views


- Did you blow him?

- Has Amy blown you?

- I asked you first.

- Yes.

You had Lucas Rapp's tool in your mouth?

Okay, enough.

And he never tried to f*** you.

- Never.

- So he's gay.

Maybe.

- Has Amy ever...

- Handjob.

Were you thinking about Anne Frank?

Watching footage of "The Long March."

What?

How do you know this sh*t?

You're a f***ing freak.

Imagine if all the people

who built these brownstones

could see the city now.

Mm...

It's our ruin or our nirvana.

What's that supposed to mean?

Either we'll extinguish

ourselves... or become God.

Jesus, Hal.

What else is there?

You can still write.

Sh*t don't go away.

Just don't nobody wanna read it.

Monica know you're down here?

We broke up over a year ago.

Mission on your own then?

- Maybe.

- F*** that supposed to mean?

Bringin' your obliquity up in here?

This ain't no motherfucking courtroom.

Just finish up.

Look at that.

Boy in the day...

...girl at night...

Nothin' better.

I have a friend outside

that's going to join us.

Friend? What kind of friend?

Helps out with this sort of thing.

Sort of thing?

I'm going to open the door.

Hello there.

What's going on, Jeffrey?

Jeffrey has asked me to

help to get you some help.

You a f***in' narc?

I spoke to Dr. Barnes.

Who told my man about Dr. Barnes?

Your father.

F*** you, man.

Hey Joe, Joe, where you going, huh?

- Hey, hey, hey, hey!

- No! F*** you, Jeffrey!

F*** you, f***in' narc

ass, mother f***er!

Here's what happens in the next hour!

We pack you up, go to your

doctor, and him and you talk.

Well, you have to have an

appointment to see that motherf***er!

And what he say to do, you gonna do.

- I'll do as I please.

- I done took away that right.

Man, I'm gonna see the

police, I'm gonna tell 'em...

I'm gonna tell 'em you kidnapping me.

I know every police in this precinct.

Get you locked up on possession,

take days to even think about

remembering to give you a phone call.

So what you gonna do, do the jail route

or the doctor route?

I needed to tell someone.

By all means.

Look, the last thing I

wanted was for you to...

Then... then why do you do specifically

what I asked you not to do?

Because I am scared and

bewildered and confused.

What do you think I am?

- If he says it's...

- Then we tell them.

How?

When? What does one even...

This is what I am talking about.

Why I wanted to speak to

someone who's been a parent.

My parent who knows our kids.

Mrs. Zarrow?

Is this at all related to the fertility?

Adam asked the same question.

There are some studies that

suggest a connection between

progesterone and ovarian cancer

but a large majority

that makes none.

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Tim Blake Nelson

Timothy Blake Nelson (born May 11, 1964) is an American actor, writer and director. His most famous roles include Delmar O'Donnell in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Dr. Pendanski in Holes (2003), Daniel "Danny" Dalton Jr. in Syriana (2005), and Dr. Samuel Sterns in The Incredible Hulk (2008). more…

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