The Great New Wonderful

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The Great New Wonderful ★½ 2006 (R)

Five stories about neurotic New Yorkers that are linked by occurring in September 2002, a year after the terrorist attacks (which are never directly mentioned). So you're just left to guess how the characters were actually affected, making for some dull story-telling. 88m/C DVD . US Maggie Gyllenhaal, Thomas (Tom) McCarthy, Judy Greer, Naseeruddin Shah, Tony Shalhoub, Jim Gaffigan, Olympia Dukakis, Dick Latessa, Sharat Saxena, Edie Falco, Stephen Colbert, Jeremy Shamos, Will Arnett, Rosemarie DeWitt, Seth Gilliam, Jim Parsons, Bill Donner, Ed Setrakian, Ari Graynor, Martha Millan, Priscilla Shanks, Sam Catlin; D: Danny Leiner; W: Sam Catlin; C: Harlan Bosmajian; M: John Swihart.

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