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07/10/08
Diminished Capacity (2008)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:9
Rotten:20
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: This low-key comedy about memory loss offers mild pleasures but is too bland to fully resonate.
Synopsis: After a concussion leaves him unfocused, short on short-term memory, and demoted from the political pages to the comics, Cooper (Matthew Broderick), a Chicago newspaper editor, travels home to... [More]
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda, Louis C.K.
Director: Terry Kinney
Reviews for Diminished Capacity
A slog through determined wackiness, it's apt to leave audiences cold.
07/07/08
A gentle, agreeable dramedy, Capacity reveals that Kinney has a unique hold on tone and shares a palpable charm with his actors.
07/17/08
Sherwood Kiraly's slight script only makes this embarrassment of riches seem more embarrassing.
12/08/08
A mild pleasure from one end to the other, but not much more.
07/04/08
Top CriticStriving for low-key character comedy, Diminished Capacity ends up diminishing its returns.
07/03/08
I wonder if all this worked better as a book. It begins modestly interesting, but becomes merely agitated.
07/10/08
Suffering from a diminished level of interest, do we know how to live up to a title, or what?
07/15/08
The problem with this film ... is that it features too many other sad sack characters who ... contribute to an excess of sad-sackness.
07/03/08
A mediocre effort that never really goes anywhere and never really pays off, trying too hard to be funny without delivering on the premises introduced over the course of the movie.
07/01/08
Bland indie comedy isn't very memorable.
07/02/08
The milieu is interesting but there's too much acting (particularly by Alda) in this quasi-witty, semi-melancholy road comedy, perhaps a result of helmer Kinney's theatrical background and lack of directorial skills.
06/27/08
Smart and well-written, filled with good lines and just enough offbeat moments to make it interesting, not annoying.
07/03/08
Plays like diminished comedy.
01/23/08
This Sundance hit is a sleeper surprise of the summer -- a one-of-a-kind original.
11/20/08
There is some suspense as to the fate of that baseball card.
07/08/08
Although this is no 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', Matthew Broderick does return to Chicago for a wonderful, wacky little gem.
07/08/08
A movie about memory loss shouldn't be so forgettable.
07/02/08
Diminished Capacity is blessed with a blue-ribbon cast.
07/02/08
Alda's Hawkeye Pierce charm gives way to something snappish and cagey, while Broderick's fussy stiffness is perfect.
07/16/08
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