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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)

Directed by Jill Sprecher · Drama

Starring Matthew McConaughey, John Turturro, Clea DuVall, Amy Irving, Alan Arkin, David Connolly, Joseph Siravo, A.D. Miles, Sig Libowitz, James Yaegashi, Dion Graham, Fernando López, Brian Smiar, Paul Austin, Allie Woods, Barbara Sukowa, Rob McElhenney, Avery Glymph, Elizabeth Reaser, Deirdre Lovejoy, Barbara Andres, William Severs, Joel Garland, Tia Texada, Peggy Gormley, Malcolm Gets, Miles Thompson, Robertson Carricart, Joe Chappel, Phyllis Curran, Richard Erickson, Julia Erickson, Kent K.B. Hanson, William Lutz, Jos Milton, Beth Shane, Tobin Schmuck, Dorothy Scholz, Emma-Jane Stokely, Yoshisuke Yamada, Frankie Faison, William Wise, Shawn Elliott, Alex Burns, James Murtaugh, Richard Council, Walt MacPherson, Leo V. Finnie III, Daryl Edwards, Charlie Schroeder, Robert Colston, Gammy Singer, Melissa Maxwell, Eliza Pryor Nagel, Jeff Robins, Victor Truro, Paul Klementowicz, Phyllis Bash, Peter McCabe, Christian Pabon, Alyxx Morgen, Cameron Stevens

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The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.

My review · Reviewed 03/04/2022

The "one thing" in this case is happiness. We are all in search of it and when we find it, it never seems to stay too long. It's fragile and often out of our hands. That's roughly the point of this movie. Unfortunately this is probably the classic case of the parts being better than the sum. There are multiple stories going on at the same time and while they are generally interesting I didn't end up loving the film like I thought I would. If there is one thing that this film did well it was not to beat the viewer over the head like other movies have done (I am looking at you, Crash). Random observation: why did it take so long for us to realize that McConaughey can act?