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Diminished Capacity

Field	Value
name	Diminished Capacity
image	Diminished capacity.jpg
caption	Theatrical release poster
director	Terry Kinney
producer	Galt Niederhoffer
Celine Rattray
Tim Evans
Daniela Tapling Lundberg
writer	Sherwood Kiraly
starring	Matthew Broderick
Virginia Madsen
Alan Alda
music	Robert Burger
cinematography	Vanja Cernjul
editing	Tim Streeto
released
country	United States
language	English
gross	$23,719

Celine Rattray Tim Evans Daniela Tapling Lundberg Virginia Madsen Alan Alda Diminished Capacity is a 2008 comedy film directed by Terry Kinney and written by Sherwood Kiraly, based on his novel of the same name. It stars Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, and Alan Alda. It was released at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theaters in July 2008. It was produced by Plum Pictures.

Plot

A newspaper editor suffering from memory loss after an accident takes a trip to a memorabilia expo with his Alzheimer's-impaired relative, Rollie, and his high school flame, Charlotte. The plan is for Rollie to sell a rare baseball card, but a few people want the card.

Cast

Matthew Broderick as Cooper Zerbs
Virginia Madsen as Charlotte
Alan Alda as Rollie Zerbs, Cooper's Uncle
Louis CK as Big Stan
Jim True-Frost as Donny Prine
Dylan Baker as Mad Dog McClure
Bobby Cannavale as Lee Vivyan
Jeff Perry as Casey Dean, Cooper's boss
Lois Smith as Belle Zerbs, Cooper's mother
Chris Bauer as Lloyd, Charlotte's ex
Tom Aldredge as Wendell Kendall

Critical reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 35% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "This low-key comedy about memory loss offers mild pleasures but is too bland to fully resonate." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. USA Today said that it "has moments of sweetness, but not enough poignancy or wit to turn it into the endearing art-house comedy that it aspires to be." Time Out New York said, "Great, just what we needed: another rote exercise in indie-feely humanism."

References

[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1007950/ Diminished Capacity (2008)]
link. (2008-05-28 , [[Sundance Film Festival]])
Sweeney, Eamon. (18 July 2008). "Stand-Up King". The Independent.
"Diminished Capacity (2008)".
"Diminished Capacity Reviews". [[Metacritic]].
[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/diminished_capacity/ ''Diminished Capacity'' Movie Reviews, Pictures], [[Rotten Tomatoes]]

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