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Focus (2001 film)

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Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Director
  
Neal Slavin

Country
  
United States

Focus (2001 film) movie poster

Release date
  
9 September 2001

Writer
  
Arthur Miller (novel), Kendrew Lascelles (screenplay)

Tagline
  
Everything Is About To Become Very Clear

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Focus is a 2001 film, starring William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer, and Meat Loaf based on a 1945 novel by playwright Arthur Miller.

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Plot

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In the waning months of World War II, a man is mistakenly identified as a Jew by his antisemitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, he finds himself aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.

Cast

  • William H. Macy as Lawrence 'Larry' Newman
  • Laura Dern as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
  • David Paymer as Mr. Finkelstein
  • Meat Loaf as Fred (as Meat Loaf Aday)
  • Kay Hawtrey as Mrs. Newman
  • Michael Copeman as Carlson
  • Kenneth Welsh as Father Crighton
  • Joseph Ziegler as Mr. Garage
  • Arlene Meadows as Mrs. Dewitt
  • Peter Oldring as Willy Doyle
  • Robert McCarrol as Meeting Hall Man (as Robert Mccarrol)
  • Shaun Austin-Olsen as Sullivan
  • Kevin Jubinville as Mr. Cole Stevens
  • B.J. McQueen as Mel
  • Conrad Bergschneider as Tough's Leader

    • Critical response

    Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 56% based on 81 reviews, with the site's consensus "Though full of good intentions, Focus somehow feels dated, and pounds away its points with a heavy hand."

    References

    Focus (2001 film) Wikipedia
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