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Simpatico

Play trailer Poster for Simpatico R,  2000,  1h 46m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 24% 55 Reviews Tomatometer 14% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
24% Tomatometer 55 Reviews 14% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Carter receives a collect call from Vinnie, and a dark event from the past threatens to destroy his current success. Once a good friend of Carter's, Vinnie is now a deluded barfly living in a small town in California. He has gotten himself into trouble and calls Carter to bail him out before the truth about their past - their involvement in a horse racing scam which resulted in the ruin of an innocent man - comes to light.
Simpatico

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Critics Consensus

Critics say Simpatico's lengthy plot is too unfocused; the movie becomes confusing and tedious to watch.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Feb 14, 2001
1.5/4
Simpatico is a long slog through perplexities and complexities that disguise what this really is: the kind of B-movie plot that used to clock in at 75 minutes on the bottom half of a double bill. Go to Full Review
Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Jan 1, 2000
D
A movie hobbled by unwieldy visual ideas. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times Jan 1, 2000
2.5/5
The movie is so careless about its horse-selling subplot that its melodramatic payoff feels cheap and abrupt. Go to Full Review
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Sep 7, 2009
1.5/4
With the cast and the pulpy neo-noir storyline, one would never suspect that the film is the crushing bore that it is. Go to Full Review
Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film Aug 31, 2007
3.5/5
This is an engaging movie, which shows its theatrical origins, both positively and negatively. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) Jun 19, 2003
2/4
Nolte and Bridges have too much talent to play their uninspired characters. Go to Full Review
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Matthew Warchus

Director

Nick Nolte

Vinnie

Jeff Bridges

Carter

Sharon Stone

Rosie

Catherine Keener

Cecilia

Albert Finney

Simms

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Simpatico

Simpatico (1999) Director/co-writer Matthew Warchus, Catherine Keener and Albert Finney on the set of Fine Line's Simpatico Sharon Stone as Rosie in Fine Line's Simpatico Catherine Keener as Cecilia and Albert Finney as Simms in Fine Line's Simpatico Jeff Bridges as Carter in Fine Line's Simpatico Shawn Hatosy as young Vinnie, Kimberly Williams as young Rosie and Liam Waite as young Carter in Fine Line's Simpatico Nick Nolte as Vinnie in Fine Line's Simpatico View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Carter receives a collect call from Vinnie, and a dark event from the past threatens to destroy his current success. Once a good friend of Carter's, Vinnie is now a deluded barfly living in a small town in California. He has gotten himself into trouble and calls Carter to bail him out before the truth about their past - their involvement in a horse racing scam which resulted in the ruin of an innocent man - comes to light.
Director
Matthew Warchus
Producer
Jean-François Fonlupt, Dan Lupovitz, Timm Oberwelland
Screenwriter
Matthew Warchus, David Nicholls, Sam Shepard
Distributor
Fine Line Features
Production Co
Zeal Pictures, Emotion Pictures, Kingsgate Films
Rating
R (Sexuality|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 4, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 8, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$902.1K
Runtime
1h 46m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, DTS, Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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