5/25/2008

Speakeasy (2002)

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"We are immortal
until our work is done."

When Bruce Hickman (David Strathairn) and Frank Marnikov (Nicky Katt, who seems to be trying to channel Cantiflas) literally bump into each other -- a minor car accident -- they form a curious friendship which actually runs deeper than either suspect or may ever know.

Stacy Edwards and Lake Bell appear as their wives; Arthur Hiller is Bruce's cantankerous, deaf father-in-law; and Christopher McDonald plays the man who may be stealing the heart of Bruce's wife.

Written and directed by Brendan Murphy. This film was the first winner of the HBO Green Light Project which was the brainchild of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to develop new filmmakers.

Rated PG-13 for some language.

My personal rating: C+

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