IFC Center
323 6th Ave
212.924.7771
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Life During Wartime
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July 23, 2010 – Aug 13, 2010
Daily
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$12.50
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“Sleepless wondering what happened to the Jordan family from the film Happiness? Filmmaker Todd Solondz obviously has been, because he came up with Life During Wartime, a cinematic remix featuring the same creepy critters we met in the 1998 film. And while Wartime's characters share the same names and dark dysfunctional history, completely different actors have been cast in the roles — the hope is the film stands alone, but tying it back to the original is what makes it fun. Still a provocateur, Solondz explores the nature of forgiveness in this challenging bleak comedy that succeeded in getting under our skin. Plus, seeing Paul Reubens as sister Joy's ghostly ex-lover is well worth the cost of admission.”
Mindy Bond, Flavorpill
IFC says:
In writer/director Todd Solondz’s part sequel/part variation on his acclaimed film HAPPINESS, three sisters and the people they love struggle to find their places in an unpredictable and volatile world where the past haunts the present and imperils the future. The question of forgiveness and its limits threads throughout a series of intersecting love stories, offering clarity and, perhaps, alternatives to the comforts of forgetting. Ten years have passed since a series of shocking and catastrophic revelations shattered the world of the Jordan family. Now, ghosts circle and loom, trouble and console as sisters Joy (Shirley Henderson), Trish (Allison Janney), and Helen (Ally Sheedy) are each embroiled in their own unique dilemmas. As these characters and storylines dovetail, expand and collide, they create an emotionally resonant portrait of prisoners of love and life. Alternately hilarious and tragic, outrageous and poignant, LIFE DURING WARTIME is an audacious comedy with unexpected resonance.
