2009 · comedy · romance
Synecdoche
Directed by Charlie Kaufman2h 4m2009
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.
Our read: Synecdoche (2009) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive comedy · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured comedy / romance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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