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Rating: - Linklater doubles up and scores twice!
In a year that saw Richard Linklater release an excellent animated film-WAKING LIFE, he also released this smaller, but tenacious film-and both are very good. It's hard not to compare this to other single-room films(a very specific subgenre) like ROPE, SECRET HONOR, or maybe COMING APART, but it still holds up pretty well. Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard are old friends in real life and I think that really helps contribute to this being a believeable and engaging view. It's a really well written film(using Stephen Belber's play), and Linklater gets creative with his two-digital camera set-up. I was suprised that the dvd commentary wasn't really mentioned on the front of the disc(on the back it says "Production Commentary"). The commentary features Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke-both have many interesting things to say(although it seems that the commentaries were recorded at different times and cut together). I like this trend of Linklater filming plays. Maybe he'll take an Altman-like turn and do several more(Altman's play-adaptions are pretty cool-I have to cite STREAMERS, FOOL FOR LOVE and COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN as a few that I really enjoyed).

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