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13 Conversations About One Thing
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767890519
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0767890515
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), Italian (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: November 19, 2002
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
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Editorial Review:
A smartly written and wonderfully acted movie about happiness and fate. 13 Conversations About One Thing takes four characters (a lawyer who hits a housecleaner with his car, then flees the scene; the housecleaner herself; a science professor who leaves his wife; and an insurance claims adjuster who's deeply envious of a coworker who seems irrepressibly happy) and blends their stories into a delicate but potent mix. The characters cross paths at various points, but more often the events reverberate off each other in funny, surprising, or sorrowful ways. For all its cleverness, 13 Conversations never loses sight of the characters' humanity. The remarkable performances (from Matthew McConaughey, Clea DuVall, Amy Irving, John Turturro, and especially Alan Arkin) are riveting. On top of that, this movie, for all its quiet and talkative nature, is visually stunning, each shot a carefully composed portrait of a state of mind. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - How about a slice of Life Pie?
I love vignettes. I love them even more when the tie into one another. This is a fairly intense look at people dealing with their decisions, wondering what decisions to make, and how some of these decisions go on to affect others' lives, hence the tie ins. Great plot that's very well acted. I'd give it 5 stars for quality but went with 4 because it was a hair too depressing overall. Sorta got me down. I can take depressing if it's couched in weirdness or violence, but not straight depressing all ... Read More
Rating: - INTERSECTING LIVES
The format of multiple story lines, and intersecting characters has been one that has given us some great and interesting films. 13 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING definitively suggests that all people are looking for the "one thing" (happiness in life) and that is where the films leads us. It is thought provoking in that the lives of the characters have very different paths but they all intersect and effect one another. From the business man, cleaning woman, and cheating husband, they are all connected ... Read More
Rating: - A movie that examines values : humbleness, naivety, jealousy and infidelity
The movie is set in New York City and represents an interesection of story threads inter-related because of the characters who come in contact with each other. The story thread characters are
(1) An ambitious young lawyer, Troy (Matthew McConaughey) is stricken with guilt after committing a hit and run.
(2) The woman he injures, Beatrice (Clea DuVall), is an idealistic housekeeper forced to reassess her attitudes after the accident.
(3) Insurance claims agent Gene (Alan Arkin) ... Read More
Rating:  - Boring and Depressing!!
I watched this, twice, due to A) the great reviews and B) watched the 2nd time to see what I missed the first time......
I love all the actors in this film, but I must say I do not understand why this FILM got so many good reviews. It was simply very boring and very deperessing. I figured the 2nd time I watched it would enable me to see the good qualties I thought I missed due to so many good reviews and the fact I have watched movies and not liked them the first time but loved them after watching ... Read More
Rating:  - Smart!
This is a very smart film. The characters are all well-conceived; there's not a stereotype anywhere. Even the minor players, like the physics student, and the irrepressibly optimistic fat guy who is fired by the steely Arkin character, are so well drawn that they stay in your mind just as long as the major players. The whole cast obviously really believe in this film and give terrific performances. There's not a sour note anywhere.
I was a bit reluctant to get this because it had the look of something ... Read More
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