Synopsis
A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame.
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Cast
- Matthew BroderickCooper
- Virginia MadsenCharlotte
- Alan AldaUncle Rollie
- Jimmy BennettDillon
- Louis C.K.Stan
- Jim True-FrostDonnie Prince
- Dylan BakerMad Dog McClure
- Bobby CannavaleLee Vivyan
- P.J. BrownReese
Recommendations
- 75
New York Post
The smart indie comedy Diminished Capacity deals with three kinds of dementia: those relating to aging, concussions and being a Chicago Cubs fan. Tying those three things together is a task that the witty script does with surprising adroitness. - 63
USA Today
A road movie that never really takes off. - 63
TV Guide Magazine
A risky, not entirely successful comedy about mental disability, based on the novel by Sherwood Kiraly. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Alda actually is kind of interesting as the mentally unstable uncle, but Broderick appears to be sleepwalking. Madsen has little to do, and everyone else plays things far too broadly. - 50
Variety
A God's little acre's worth of premeditated eccentricity runs through Diminished Capacity, a triumphant losers-in-Cornville comedy starring Matthew Broderick in a role he might have phoned in, and Alan Alda as a combination Jed Clampett and Raymond Babbitt. - 50
Village Voice
It's the kind of lite movie you go and see with your mom, and she'll say she liked it--but then a year later, you're both trying to remember what it was even about. Two and a half shrugs. - 50
Chicago Tribune
Striving for low-key character comedy, Diminished Capacity ends up diminishing its returns. - 50
The A.V. Club
Broderick, Alda, and Madsen are all fine--and Alda has some poignant moments as he realizes the implications of his forgetfulness--but their presence in a movie like this reaffirms its conventionality.
