Answers to Nothing

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Answers to Nothing

R,

2011,

2h 4m,

Drama

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9%

23 Reviews

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36%

1,000+ Ratings

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9%

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23 Reviews

36%

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1,000+ Ratings

The lives of several people revolve around the search for a missing youngster. Ryan (Dane Cook) is a therapist who is having an affair and pulling away from his wife, Kate (Elizabeth Mitchell), who desperately wants a baby. Meanwhile, one of Ryan's clients (Kali Hawk) begins a tentative romance as she copes with feelings of racism, and Ryan's mother (Barbara Hershey) clings to the foolish belief that the husband who abandoned her will return one day.

Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Dec 9, 2011

Nearly a dozen random themes and characters have been Scotch-taped together into a single mess.

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Joe Neumaier

New York Daily News

Dec 4, 2011

2/5

An apt title that sadly recalls lesser ensemble pieces like "Playing by Heart," while wanting to be "Grand Canyon."

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Amy Biancolli

San Francisco Chronicle

Dec 2, 2011

1/4

Any movie that calls itself Answers to Nothing ought to be 100 percent sure it's about something.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Jun 28, 2019

1.5/5

The major theme of Answers to Nothing screeches across the screen with as much finesse as scratching a chalkboard.

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Brent Simon

Shockya.com

Dec 5, 2011

C

Reaches rather nakedly for early Paul Thomas Anderson territory, but the copped moves come off less as artful homage and more as the nervous half-formed duplications of a mentee who's left the nest too soon.

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Dan Lybarger

KC Active

Dec 2, 2011

1/5

With his latest effort 'Answers to Nothing,' co-writer-director Matthew Leutwyler appears to have confused glum with profound.

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Albus W

Jun 11, 2018

Showcasing a pretty wide range of human virtues/vice, with a decent soundtrack. Not a classic by any means, and I'm not implying its a great movie, but better than the ratings here

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Ryan

Elizabeth Mitchell

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Synopsis

The lives of several people revolve around the search for a missing youngster. Ryan (Dane Cook) is a therapist who is having an affair and pulling away from his wife, Kate (Elizabeth Mitchell), who desperately wants a baby. Meanwhile, one of Ryan's clients (Kali Hawk) begins a tentative romance as she copes with feelings of racism, and Ryan's mother (Barbara Hershey) clings to the foolish belief that the husband who abandoned her will return one day.

Director: Matthew Leutwyler
Producer: Amanda Marshall, Sim Sarna
Screenwriter: Matthew Leutwyler, Gillian Vigman
Distributor: Roadside Attractions
Production Co: Ambush Entertainment, Cold Iron Pictures
Rating: R (Violence|Language|Some Strong Sexual Content|Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 2, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 28, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $22.0K
Runtime: 2h 4m

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