AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

SnoopyStyle Diana (Glenn Close) teaches acting and a renown theatrical director. Her daughter Isabel (Elizabeth Banks) is a wedding photographer. She's getting married to lawyer Jonathan (James Marsden). She encounters an ex Mark who suggests a compelling oversea job. Peter is assigned to contact art photographer Benjamin's exes for an exhibit. Joanathan is one of those in his pictures. Alec (Jesse Bradford) auditions for Diana.Chris Terrio tries directing. It's not visually exciting. There is a nice interconnection to the stories. Glenn Close is a powerful presence. The stories play out nicely but it does need more intensity.

futures-1 "Heights" (2005): Glenn Close, Jesse Bradford, Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, John Light, Isabella Rossellini, George Segal, and others star in this interpersonal stage play turned film. The structure has become a contemporary classic (cliché?): disparate people are slowly introduced and woven together through circumstance (or is it fate?). They all find transformations waiting for them on the other side of stress. I do not give enough weight to the structure to avoid recommending this story. It is well acted, moody, nicely scored and photographed, and each character is given just enough depth to be believable and worthy of caring.

George Attwood HEIGHTS ***** A cross between 'Playing By Heart' and 'The Ice Storm', 'Heights' is a ferociously clever montage of character triumph and fumble, played within an aura of amorality and dark secrecy. Callaborators Chris Turrio and Amy Fox seem to have the simple intention of penetrating an interplay of character dynamic to the audience, making sense and importance out of each scene, and reaching a faithful finale. The film's quasi-surreal blend of musical score (Ben Butler, Martin Erskine) and direction (Turrio) makes the story seem more complicated than it really is because, in truth, the viewer can relate to its societal or interpersonal issues in a degree. The story presents a search one takes in finding something more fulfilling when life has either grown weary or boring. The densely layered characters all have this hunger, with modulated performances that govern the transition between normal thinking and obscure behavior amid their struggles. Within the famous theater actress (Glenn Close), who has skill and a passion for her work, we sense delicate vulnerability due to an impacting marital issue she's facing. Her daughter (Elizabeth Banks) has troubles of her own: Finessing her decisions between the welfare of others and meeting her own needs, particularly in terms of whether to marry a burdened attorney (James Marsden). I don't believe it's a film to take lightly, but it's definitely a rewarding viewing, with accolades deserved by all involved.

Adam Langsam Overall the director gives the viewer a taste of each of the lives of the characters in the film. The basis of the film seems to focus on the idea of what is real, and what the characters want to be real and the same for what is fake. The lead, Diana, and her numerous appearances in the film, not just her physical appearance, play an opposition to the significance of Benjamin Stone and his impact that go hand in hand with his identity. Overall all a well done piece for the story that was presented, keeping a viewer absorbed with wanting to find the truth. The acting was above par for the most part. Jesee Bradford does a fine job of keeping himself in confusion as well as the audience. And Glenn Close, well shes Gleen Close, enough said, an excellent performance by and excellent actress. The one comment still in question is the usage of split screens for some scenes. Is this really a necessity for the film?