Anesthesia
2015 · Movie · R · 90 min · ★ 5.7 · 40% critics
After a violent street attack on a university professor, the film traces several New Yorkers whose lives connect in unexpected ways. Moving back through the days leading up to that night, it explores loneliness, personal struggles, and the search for meaning through an ensemble of intersecting stories.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2016-01-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 40/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (129 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy reflective, interwoven New York dramas with adult themes and a somber mood, somewhat in the vein of A Dry White Season; Not for you if you want fast pacing or highly relatable characters.
Pros: strong ensemble performances; layered intersecting stories; thoughtful themes | Cons: slow pacing; uneven character arcs; can feel pretentious
Cast & crew
Glenn Close
as Marcia Zarrow
K. Todd Freeman
as Joe
Jessica Hecht
as Jill
Gretchen Mol
as Sarah
Tim Blake Nelson
as Adam Zarrow
Gloria Reuben
as Meredith
Kristen Stewart
as Sophie
Corey Stoll
as Sam
Mickey Sumner
as Nicole
Sam Waterston
as Prof. Walter Zarrow
Directed by Tim Blake Nelson