Multiple Sarcasms

Name: Multiple Sarcasms
Genre: Drama
Released: May 7, 2010
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 35

2010

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Multiple Avenue Releasing | Release Date: May 7, 2010 | Not Rated

Summary: It’s New York, 1979. Gabriel Richmond is a talented architect with a seemingly rich life as he has a caring wife, loving daughter and life long friends. Yet, he spends most days in the movie theater, hiding out from work, escaping into a fictional world where he can more readily relate to the made up characters. When fiction shines aIt’s New York, 1979. Gabriel Richmond is a talented architect with a seemingly rich life as he has a caring wife, loving daughter and life long friends. Yet, he spends most days in the movie theater, hiding out from work, escaping into a fictional world where he can more readily relate to the made up characters. When fiction shines a mirror on his own life, an inspired Gabriel begins writing a play not-so-loosely based on his reality, examining all of the relationships that make his life what it is. (Iced Media)… Expand

Director: Brooks Branch

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Joe Neumaier

The cast is uniformly appealing in out-of-left-field ways, but writer-director Brooks Branch lets the story amble lazily, which -- like Gabriel and almost every character like him you've ever seen -- gets a little tiring. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Timothy Hutton is a good actor. So whom to blame for Multiple Sarcasms? Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Pete Hammond

Channing doesn't bring any new tricks to the table but with her character's tenacious and spirited nature she's fun to have around for a few brief scenes. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Woody Allen proved long ago that the self-pitying introvert is a fit subject for a movie, but only if the film has a strong enough sense of humor to make us laugh at ourselves. But Brooks Branch, who directed Multiple Sarcasms and wrote the screenplay with Linda Morris, was either too lazy to come up with the absurdist aphorisms that might give Multiple Sarcasms a lift, or he labored under the delusion that Gabriel’s metaphysical malaise is such a fresh idea that it deserves microscopic inspection. Read full review

Aaron Hillis

Cowriter Branch isn’t much of a dramatist either, as this hoary midlife-crisis tale is watchable solely for its reliable cast. Read full review

Betsy Sharkey

Rather than some deeper understanding of the human condition, what we get from Multiple Sarcasms is a lot of heavy breathing. Read full review

Brian Miller

A vanity production by Branch, previously a studio branding consultant, it's the kind of odious, self-validating wish fulfillment that actually makes you appreciate the more generous self-absorption of Henry Jaglom films. Read full review

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Trailesque

Nov 4, 2021

We are in Woody Allen territory here, folks. It is not at all easy to make a film about somebody's inner confusions and neuroses, and that is why it is rarely attempted, and when it is, it is usually a comedy. But this is a dramedy in which much of the humor falls flat. While I usuallyWe are in Woody Allen territory here, folks. It is not at all easy to make a film about somebody's inner confusions and neuroses, and that is why it is rarely attempted, and when it is, it is usually a comedy. But this is a dramedy in which much of the humor falls flat. While I usually want to like this kind of movie, I just did not find enough reasons to, despite the big name cast. Poor Gabriel, with his stringy hair and casual demeanor. He is surrounded by strong, beautiful women, e.g. his wife, daughter, and best friend. It is 1979 for some reason, and our hero works as an architect and lives in Manhattan. Things seem to be going well in his life, but he is unfulfilled. He drinks too much and pals around with Cari (played by Mira Sorvino), and his gay, Black colleague (Mario Van Peebles, who steals the show). Some things happen, and Gabriel ends up alone and unemployed, but he is so self-centered that this barely seems to faze him. He finds purpose by writing a play based on his life, and - surprise, surprise - things start to turn around. But the break-through is not at all credible, and neither is the upbeat, romantic ending. Writer-director Brooks Branch is a bit of a mystery man. I took a quick look at IMDB, and this is his only film. I wonder where he came from and where he went.… Expand

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