Maladies

Name: Maladies
Genre: Drama
Released: March 21, 2014
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 28

2014

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Tribeca Film | Release Date: March 21, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Maladies charts the struggles of an unstable former soap opera star (James Franco) in 1960’s New York as he tries to restart his floundering creative career. Hoping to find clarity and new purpose as a writer, he holes up with his eccentric sister (Fallon Goodson) at the seaside home of their best friend (Catherine Keener). But as heMaladies charts the struggles of an unstable former soap opera star (James Franco) in 1960’s New York as he tries to restart his floundering creative career. Hoping to find clarity and new purpose as a writer, he holes up with his eccentric sister (Fallon Goodson) at the seaside home of their best friend (Catherine Keener). But as he disappears further into his own mind, reality begins to slip through his grasp.… Expand

Director: Carter

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Mike D'Angelo

Mar 20, 2014

All of the actors, including Franco, do excellent work, given the limitations imposed upon them by a scenario that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Were he a struggling up-and-comer rather than a movie star, the perception of an ambitious misfire like this one would probably be quite different. It’s not a good movie, but it deserves better than mockery. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Mar 21, 2014

Despite some game acting (and one truly superb moment from David Strathairn), Maladies remains on too low a boil to communicate any sense of stakes for the various characters. It seems to be trying to say something about creativity, and living one's life on one's own terms, but it's a muddle. Read full review

Chris Klimek

Mar 20, 2014

A ponderous, self-important character study swimming with red herrings. Read full review

The Playlist Jessica Kiang

Mar 19, 2014

It only ever connects in the small moments that fall through the cracks of the supposed formal and thematic experimentation—when the fine actors are allowed to walk and talk like real human beings, rather than a collection of tropes. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Mar 20, 2014

[A] tedious cinematic exercise. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Mar 18, 2014

The social construction of illness is certainly a worthy topic, but Carter situates his characters far from any semblance of a plot and even further from his heart. Read full review

Rex Reed

Mar 19, 2014

Overrated, overexposed and overindulgent, James Franco is all over the place, like cow chips in the abandoned pasture of a derelict farm. Read full review

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CameraBounceGod

Oct 7, 2015

i gets a four simply because it was highly surreal i felt....the way that Franco went full retard along with everyone else... great music.....in fact its going on my ipod....the beginning of the movie is actually funny for one second...i hope people realize that it is not that sooni gets a four simply because it was highly surreal i felt....the way that Franco went full retard along with everyone else... great music.....in fact its going on my ipod....the beginning of the movie is actually funny for one second...i hope people realize that it is not that soon enough...essentially this is an eccentric retards whose story i wouldn't mind reading at the end from the gay guy because he was able to land that crossword word...Absent..right away for a retard....also i enjoyed the restaurant scene... a free spirit like him would die in jail ...almost like it was planned that gay… Expand

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