The Great New Wonderful

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The Great New Wonderful

Director:
Danny Leiner
R, 87 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

Avinash alias Avi and his partner Satish are Manhattan-based Security guards, hired in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York. They have now been assigned to ensure the protection of a visiting Indian General, Ganjee. While Avi is a flirt, and of a cheerful disposition, Satish is quite grouchy, wrestling with personal and family problems. During their time together Avi will confess to Satish of his having sex with another woman and the consequences he must face. Emme Keeler caters to the rich and wealthy by making cakes and desserts, she must face up to facts especially when her closest competitor, Safarah Polsky, is on the verge of suicide; Judy Hillerman lives a routine and mundane life with her husband, Henry, and does feel like throttling him and tossing him over their 10th floor balcony; David and Burbage and his wife, Allison, must now accept that their overweight son, David, does have issues that need to be addressed, that is if they ever find time for him from their professional careers and their mutual attraction to each other; A mentally troubled man, Sandie, must decide whether his therapist does or does not deserve to get his head smashed; Watch how these people face their respective fates on September 11, 2002.

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"Watch Maggie Gyllenhaal do her special magic on the screen. This film takes you inside the characters in a super competetive world of high end cake making and drills deeply into really bad psychotherapy. The high stakes drive people crazy - suicidal."

Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexuality.

Runtime:
87 min.

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Certification:
R

Tagline

Rebuilding is a process.

 

Memorable Quotes

Mr. Peersall: No, actually he's a selfish, incorrigible monster with a heart made of shit and splinters. David: [discussing his son] I mean, deep down he's a good kid. Allison: He's actually a great kid. Mr. Peersall: He's actually a selfish, incorrigible monster witha heart made out of shit and splinters. Allison: [about her son] He's actually a great kid. Mr. Peersall: He's actually a selfish, incorrigible monster, with a heart made out of shit and splinters.

 

 

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