Joe Gould's Secret
Joe Gould's Secret

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Around 1940, The New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character, who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund, and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of twenty thousand conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad, and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull", bringing Gould some celebrity, and an invitation to join the Greenwich Village Ravens, a po... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Joe Gould's Secret:

Ian Holm
Stanley Tucci
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Sarah Hyland
Hallee Hirsh
Celia Weston

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Around 1940, The New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character, who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund, and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of twenty thousand conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad, and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull", bringing Gould some celebrity, and an invitation to join the Greenwich Village Ravens, a poetry club he's often crashed. Gould's touchy, querulous personality and his frequent dropping in on Mitchell for hours of chat, lead to a break-up, but the two Joes stay in touch until Gould's death, and Mitchell's unveiling of the secret.

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Entertainment Weekly - 10/10 by Owen GleibermanA delicate yet haunting movie, a meditation on friendship, on the roots of bohemianism, on the sad comedy of madness.
Film Comment Magazine - 9/10 by Gavin SmithThe film is too lackluster and inconsequential to pack any punch. Director Tucci's mise-en-scène is too self-regarding and fussy, the just-so period design is stifling, the cinematography arid.
L.A. Weekly - 9/10 by F. X. FeeneyThe alchemy of good acting under the pressure of sublime film sense makes for a miracle in the hearts of the audience.
Chicago Sun-Times - 9/10 by Roger EbertThere is anguish here that makes "American Beauty" pale by comparison.
San Francisco Examiner - 9/10 by Edvins BeitiksTucci and Holm brilliant as magazine writer and artist.
Mr. Showbiz - 9/10 by Larry TerenziTucci has crafted a poignant remembrance of a bygone era, and a touching examination of the responsibilities of creativity.
San Francisco Chronicle - 8/10 by Edward Guthmann(Holm) nails one of the best roles of his career.
Portland Oregonian - 8/10 by Shawn LevyFinely etched and acted but too often limpid and punchless in its impact.
New York Daily News - 8/10 by Jami BernardHolm is dazzling as the grubby little misfit, just a little brilliant and a little insane.
New York Post - 8/10 by Jonathan ForemanAn elegant, quietly comical but slightly constricted period piece whose stately pace is all but offset by several impressive performances.

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