Fresh
Somehow, because it resists unlocking, it feels more serious, troubling, significant. It's as funny as it's depressing. It's as brilliant as it is baffling.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Overview
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Director and cast
- Charlie Kaufman Director
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Caden Cotard
- Samantha Morton as Hazel
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Maria
- Michelle Williams as Claire Keen
- Catherine Keener as Adele Lack
- Emily Watson as Tammy
- Tom Noonan as Sammy Barnathan
- Sadie Goldstein as Olive (4 years old)
- Hope Davis as Madeleine Gravis
- Dianne Wiest as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It seems more like an illustration of his script than a full-fledged movie, proving how much he needs a Spike Jonze or a Michel Gondry to realize his surrealistic conceits.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A surreal exploration of art, love and death, it has the Fellini-esque feel of some lost European cinematic masterpiece that reaches far past the normal boundaries of drama and into the very essence of existence.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
The more you ruminate on Synecdoche, New York, the more resonance you find in it.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
It's a strange trip, to be sure, but a worthwhile one for those willing to take it.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
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