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The Great New Wonderful

Olympia Dukakis (Actor), Jim Gaffigan (Actor), Danny Leiner (Director) Rated:
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4.1 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
IMDb5.5/10.0
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Genre Comedy
Format Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
Contributor Seth Gilliam, Sharat Saxena, Judy Greer, Thomas McCarthy, Stephen Colbert, Tony Shalhoub, Jim Gaffigan, Naseeruddin Shah, Will Arnett, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sam Catlin, Danny Leiner, Olympia Dukakis, Dick Latessa See more
Language English, Hindi
Runtime 1 hour and 27 minutes
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A wonderful comedy about life in New York from the director of Dude, Where's My Car? and Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle.

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A rich portrait of life in New York in the wake of disaster, The Great New Wonderful offers a kind of compassion rare in film. Five storylines intertwine--including competitive pastry chefs (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary, and Edie Falco, The Sopranos), an elderly woman (Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck) realizing she can't stand her lumpish husband, and a middle-class parents (Judy Greer, Arrested Development, and Tom McCarthy, Syriana) coping with their increasingly sociopathic child--all of them thick with brilliantly observed social tension. As a therapist (Tony Shalhoub, Big Night) questions a patient (Jim Gaffigan), it's ambiguous whether he's diagnosing the patient's anger or actually causing it. The Great New Wonderful makes compelling drama out of the subtle discords of commonplace life, the kind of frustration and hostility that rises up constantly but has to be tamped back down in order to get through the day--but in the aftermath of a catastrophe like 9/11, the smallest things become unbearable. The Great New Wonderful doesn't rise to the scope of Robert Altman's best work (like Nashville), but it successfully avoids the forced pretensions of other ensemble pieces like Magnolia. Subtlety is too often invoked to excuse a lack of substance, but this movie genuinely makes small nuances tangible and compelling. --Bret Fetzer

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.04 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ FIID167DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Danny Leiner
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 27 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ September 12, 2006
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Olympia Dukakis, Jim Gaffigan, Judy Greer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Thomas McCarthy
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ First Independent
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000GNOHG4
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Sam Catlin
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • O. Merce Brown
    5.0 out of 5 stars For the Right Viewer---Great, New, AND Wonderful
    Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2007
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    *****

    This movie is not for everyone. It is being billed as an "intelligent comedy" and I would not call it that. It is more of an intelligent drama with dark comedic overtones. If you are looking for a ha-ha funny comedy, don't get this movie, as it is not light-hearted, either, as the name implies. However, for the right viewer, I would have to say that it really is a great movie, it is absolutely new, and I found it wonderful, too.

    The movie is ostensibly about five New Yorkers and the details of their lives a year after 9/11. These characters were not involved in the 9/11 tragedy directly, but it shows how the stress of just living in the city where this tragedy happened has affected each of their lives and the conclusions about their lives they've arrived at by the end of the movie. The five stories interweave but can be watched separately in the special features section. I highly recommend watching them together, though, because there are parallel elements between the stories, even though at first they are not obvious. In general, I see this film as being about the stress of living our lives today, and the choices we make about our problems.

    Now, here's why I think this movie is not getting rave reviews---when I watched it the first time I thought "This is just dumb"...in other words, I didn't get it at all---but since then, I've never had a movie haunt me so much. The more I think about it the more meaning I find in it. Have you ever watched a movie like that? I usually either love them or feel like I've wasted my time. So this movie is definitely different. It is subtle and profound, and has to "sink in". If you have someone to watch movies with who enjoys discussing them afterwards (and your friend is pretty intelligent and introspective), then the experience will be even better. I cannot stop thinking about it, which is a new experience for me.

    The acting is fantastic, and includes a cast of respected actors (see the description of their past roles above).

    I rented it first, and then bought it, which I would recommend. If you are the right viewer, watching this movie will be a new experience for you, one that will make you think about life in general, and one you will never forget. You'll want to watch all the special features, and the movie over and over again.

    *****
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  • Devin DiMattia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating film, but don't be fooled!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2006
    "The Great New Wonderful" is a wonderfully woven series of stories not unlike past ensemble pieces such as Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" or Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia." But, make no mistake. This film is not, as the box delightfully proclaims, "A Brilliant Comedy." Sure, there are some comedic moments, and with a cast that includes Stephen Colbert, Will Arnett, Jim Gaffigan, and Tony Shalhoub, you'd think you'd be in for a nonstop laugh-fest, but "The Great New Wonderful" is a deep, and quite dark look at the lives of a handful of New Yorkers as they struggle to cope with their ever-increasing problems, now with the added perspective of a post-9/11 world.

    The film bristles with clever dialogue and fascinating storylines, and the acting is top-notch (especially from Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jim Gaffigan, Naseeruddin Shah, and Edie Falco in a brief supporting role), but don't, repeat: DON'T rent or buy this film expecting the happy, lightheartedness the case promises.
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  • Grady Harp
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Little Stories: 9/11 Aftershocks
    Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2006
    Danny Leiner has provided us with a quiet little collection of stories written by first-time writer Sam Catlin in the form of overlapping lives of people one year from the trauma of 9/11. Though billed as a comedy, the 'comedy' comes more from the nuances of reality that has settled into Manhattan and the world since that treacherous event. Yes, there are humorous moments in these collected tales, but there is always a dark side that predominates, largely due to not only to the fine script and directing, but also to an amazingly gifted cast of ensemble actors.

    September 2002, Manhattan, and we gradually meet a psychiatrist (Tony Shalhoub) as he 'interrogates' a sugar addicted man with internalized anger issues (Jim Gaffigan); two fragilely connected parents (Judy Greer and Tom McCarthy) coping with their obese sociopathic young son; the elderly Judie (Olympia Dukakis) coping with her boring and distant husband; two competing pastry chefs (Maggie Gyllenhaal and Edie Falco) whose vapid lives are focused on creating cakes for silly events; and two Indian bodyguards (Naseeruddin Shah and Sharat Saxena) who spend their days protecting officials while dealing with home front crises. How these five stories develop and overlap in the early days of September demonstrate how ordinary people have been coping with the incomprehensible act of a year ago. As the first year anniversary of that event arrives, each of the five stories reaches its own peak with its individual climaxes of action and the subtlety in which each ordinary tale plays out is mesmerizing.

    There are no major insights here, no noisy confrontations with the seed act that occurred, just life among survivors doing what they have done to make it through another year. Every role is played with aplomb by this fine cast of actors - each knowing just when to let the heart show and the courage work itself out. It is a gentle film that allows us to reflect and think about how we all have handled the unimaginable. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, September 06
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  • Michelle Polk
    1.0 out of 5 stars What a disappointment...
    Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2007
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    This drama is so stupid. One man is driven to madness, a child that has anger problems,a man obsessed with cheating on his wife, and a woman trying to be the best at her job. The only thing that remotely brings the topic of 9/11 is the pscho evaluation. I guess the writers want you to guess the child has anger issues because of 9/11. THis movie was all over the place in direction. THe acting was good and they had a great cast but obviously the writers didn't know what to do with them. Definitely not a family movie!
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  • MisterB
    3.0 out of 5 stars Never watched it.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2013
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    I thought it was a cheap comedy with Jim Gaffigan but when I realized it wasn't I never made time to watch it...
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