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Release Date: Mar 28, 2003; Limited Release: Dec 13, 2002; Rateds: PG, Unrated; Length: 88 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Anthony LaPaglia and Sigourney Weaver
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW
In telling the story of Joan (Sigourney Weaver), a Manhattan journalist who helps a fire captain (Anthony LaPaglia) compose eulogies for some of the eight men in his company who died on Sept. 11, playwright Anne Nelson drew on her own experiences. Her work, shaped here by director Jim Simp-son into a small, heartfelt film, was one of the first artistic responses to the tragedy, and it's ardent with a desire to mourn the dead and bond with the living. In the character of the journalist, however, a distracting narcissism often gets in the way of the honorable intentions.
Posted Apr 11, 2003
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- Movie Review The Guys (Dec 13, 2002) | Lisa Schwarzbaum
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- News Summary Sigourney Weaver to star in first film about 9/11 | Gary Susman
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