Synopsis
An intense relationship drama that takes the form of a mystery, The Event centers around a series of unexplained deaths that occur among the gay community in New York's fashionable Chelsea district. Nick, a district attorney investigating the most recent case, a suspicious apparent suicide, and her interviews with friends and family of the deceased trigger extensive and intricately interwoven flashbacks that reveal surprising facts about the man's life and death.
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Cast
- Brent CarverBrian Knight
- Olympia DukakisLila Shapiro
- Jane LeevesMona Rothchild
- Don McKellarMatt Shapiro
- Sarah PolleyDana Shapiro
- Parker PoseyNick Devivo
- Rejean CournoyerRory Metzler
- Cynthia PrestonAmy Eisner
- Joanna AdlerGaby Shapiro-Schnell
- Dick LatessaUncle Leo
Recommendations
- 90
Film Threat
A very important film that is as sad as it is uplifting. After viewing it you may just have a whole new appreciation for life. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Has such quiet power that it is actually not depressing, and the cast follows suit with Dukakis, Carver and Posey, rising to the occasion. - 70
Salon
Writer-director Thom Fitzgerald -- his previous feature was "The Hanging Garden" -- has managed to make a comedy about assisted suicide that hardly feels black at all. - 50
Variety
Middling drama about euthanasia, worked out through a sprawl of underdeveloped characters. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The topic is thought-provoking, the flashback-based structure is interesting, and there are surprising twists near the end. But there's also an overdose of sentimentality that badly dilutes the picture's impact. - 50
The New York Times
A dawdling affair that never finds its own rhythm. Early on, it gets lost in its own earnestness and never finds its way back. - 50
New York Daily News
Other than the terribly miscast Posey, the cast is solid, with Dukakis wrenching the heart as a mother tested to the max by her son's request. But the movie didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. - 50
New York Post
A good edit would have allowed the film's worthy, obviously heartfelt, message to shine.