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6.8/10   614 votes
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Director:
Tom Noonan
Writers:
Tom Noonan (play)
Tom Noonan (screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 September 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
This darkly humorous film explores the personal psychic landscape of two lonely New Yorkers. Jackie and Michael are coworkers at a large law firm... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
a fresh reworking of a familiar theme more

Cast

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Karen Sillas ... Jackie Marsh
Tom Noonan ... Michael
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Additional Details

Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M | USA:R
Company:
Genre Pictures more

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Movie Connections:
References "The Addams Family" (1964) more
Soundtrack:
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a fresh reworking of a familiar theme, 10 January 1999
8/10
Author: neil peter huthnance (nhuthnm@ozdocs.net.au) from sydney, Australia

Essentially a one act play about the pathos in the meeting of two lonely, damaged people who can't communicate their feelings and intentions, this character study reminds you of the most disturbed Woody Allen personas, and Brando's character in "Last Tango in Paris"- narcissistic, haunted by the past and continually oscillating between isolation and the desire that someone will rescue them from deep seated shame. Unpretentious, tense and compelling, "W.H.W" never lapses into sentimentality, and seems more focused than comparable more recent films such as "Heavy". It succeeds because of its sensitive treatment of a difficult subject.

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