Synecdoche, New York [Blu-ray] | ![Synecdoche, New York [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618AoMuGFeL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Charlie Kaufman
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Sadie Goldstein
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 19187
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.4
MPN: 30163
UPC: 043396301634
EAN: 0043396301634
ASIN: B001P3SA8A
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: March 10, 2009
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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/10/2009 Run time: 124 minutes Rating: R
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An insanely ambitious, dazzling, maddening movie, Synecdoche, NY is the directorial debut of Charlie Kaufman, the inspired screenwriter of twisty, mind-bending movies like Being John Malkovich, Adaptation., and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Broadly summarized, it's about a director named Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who, after his wife leaves him, sets out to create a theater production that will mirror all of life in New York City by literally recreating the city inside of a gigantic warehouse--including versions of his lover, his new wife, and himself, who become so entrenched in his life that eventually there must also be doubles of these doubles... which only describes a fragment of the intertwining storylines. At points even the most attentive viewers may feel confused by the sheer abundance and density of ideas and narrative threads, as the movie veers from mundanity to an exaggerated but not impossible reality to sheer surrealism. But by the end, though the movie folds in on itself multiple times and tries to encompass more of life than any movie can coherently contain, Synecdoche, NY comes to a remarkably full and resonant conclusion. Think of it as Kaufman's version of 8 1/2, another movie about creativity and a conflicted psyche. Hoffman's performance, solid but difficult to empathize with, is balanced by dozens of vivid characters played by an astonishing cast, including Samantha Morton, Catherine Keener, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Michelle Williams, Dianne Wiest, Emily Watson, and more. Sprawling, flawed, both intimate and epic, Synecdoche, NY is a unique and impressive achievement that will reward (and perhaps even demands) multiple viewings. --Bret Fetzer
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 92
 Goofy, mind-numbing drivel, dribble, scribble January 18, 2010
Pat Nava (San Francisco, CA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love it when some reviewers state if you don't like this type of movie, it's because you have a short attention..............span, are not enlightened, or not sophisticated enough to understand or see things on their level of consciousness (or unconsciousness). When it all comes down to the fact that they don't understand quirky movies like this any more than you or I; but would never admit it to anyone. Deep down inside the 4 and 5 Star reviewers are asking themselves "what the hell was that all about?" Which just about sums it up for this movie. It was a bunch of c*r*a*p but I have to admit it was entertaining as a comedy (thus, the 2 Stars. It was a comedy, right?
And I must stress that no matter how much a movie stinks, the actors still get paid for it. Even if the movie loses money. Wouldn't that be great if we all got raises in pay, even though we did a mediocre job in our yearly Performance Reviews? That's what kept me thinking "These people actually got paid for making this garbage!" What a great industry to work for. Lucky stiffs. What do I know.....I'm just an unsophisticated individual with a short..............................attention span.
 Awful Awful Horrible Movie... January 10, 2010
Eric K. Holmes
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
I've seen a lot of movies in my day, but this is 2 hours of my life I'll never get back and I'm pissed about it. I mean really pissed. STAY AWAY from this movie. Will Ferrell's The Lost World has more cinematic value and will give you better entertainment for your buck... and that movie was the 2nd worst movie of all time.
Long story short. This movie sucked.
 Great and strange movie. January 5, 2010
T. M. Park (Tennessee USA)
Immediately after watching I felt like I had lived the lead character's life several times myself. The next day I wanted to watch it again.
 A... January 3, 2010
Doc Schreiber (West Coast)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
...Masterpiece. A metaphor for how we live our lives. One star reviews? Not for those raised on the culture of instant gratification and short attention span.
No, No, No... January 1, 2010
Kenneth A. Nelson (Pensacola, FL)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
After only a short while, I reached the limits of my intellectural interest, sometimes referred to as the "BS Level." I was insulted by the deliberate confusion of plot and "stage settings." I found the entire production to be infuriatingly overdone. The more detail that was supplied, the more I found myself not caring.
I thought perhaps I hadn't been in the proper mood to have watched the film, so I gave it a second chance. It didn't work. I couldn't get past the first 30 minutes.
To have paced the film to inteligibly absorb all the information being pushed upon the viewers, the film would have needed a couple more hours to eliminate some of the constant overlapping, which would have given me the time to sort out everything, without my frustration meter going into the red zone.
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