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Dominican Rep. Old Joy
- Original title
- Old Joy
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 76 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Friendship. Independent Film (US)
- Synopsis
- Kelly Reichardt perfected her personal craft of short story filmmaking with Old Joy, a minimalist portrait of a weekend camping trip shared by two 30-somethings in the Pacific Northwest. As the reunited friends amble through a misted wood, the constant, brooding tension between the two signals their painful realization of an imminent rupture. What ultimately makes Old Joy so complex and beautiful is what simmers beneath the surface, as each man—suffering from the political apathy of leftist America—searches in vain for the shadow of a past self who would certainly know how to connect to the other.
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- Awards
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2006: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Independent/Experimental Film and Video Award2006: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for John Cassavetes Award2007: Independent Spirit Awards: Producers Award2007: BAFICI: Official Selection2006: Gotham Awards: nominated to Best Feature.
- Critics' reviews
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"A triumph of modesty and of seriousness that also happens to be one of the finest American films of the year."
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"It's in all the moments where little happens that Reichardt is most amazing, investing even a gas-station pit stop with perfect emotional pitch."
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"You must lead a dull life if it would be enlivened by 76 minutes' worth of Old Joy."
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"It feels so real it hurts, and it's the perfect antidote to all those movies where all sorts of stuff blows up."
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"The movie's scale is minuscule, but the physical and emotional landscapes it travels are as broad, deep and mysterious as the human psyche itself."
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"Features some of the year's most beautiful scenery and two of its most wooden characters"
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"'Old Joy' doesn't try for too much, but its subtle victories leave plenty to savor."
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"Making exceptional use of stillness and silence, this is a rather sad study of the passing of traditional concepts of American masculinity along with the landscape that forged them."
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