Common Ground

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2000

1 hr. 30 min.

Drama

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500+ Ratings

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Three tales set in three different decades examine shifting attitudes toward gays in a New England hamlet.

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this movie is groundbreaking! Brittany Murphy plays her character so well that you feel that you are her! And the supporting cast does a damn good job, too. This movie is a real tear-jerker. See it and you won't be disappointed!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Common Ground is three short stories about homosexuality. The first one is called A Friend Of Dorothy and stars Brittany Murphy,she plays Dorothy a young girl in the navy. Mr Roberts is the second story and is about a closet gay school teacher and a young male pupil who is about to come out and finally the last story (which was my favourite) was Amos and Andy which follows a gay son who wants acceptance from his father on the morning of his same sex wedding. All stories take place in a small American town,Homer,Connecticut. Eric Stoltz is the narrator and plays a small part in each of the stories. The acting was great and each story was very moving.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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the movie is very 'human' to me.. reminding us that we are all the same, we live on a common ground..

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Important stories to be told but the film is a bit clumsy and heavy-handed in the story-telling

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Very good movie, shows changes in the gay community during different time era's

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Good movie. The second story was my favorite out of the three. Each story was really nice. Aw Eric Knudsen was so cute and little. The first story was okay too. The last one was my least favorite, but it was okay.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Donna Deitch

Director

Ed Asner

Ira

Beau Bridges

Father Leon

Harvey Fierstein

Don

Brian Kerwin

Chuck Dawson

Margot Kidder

Mrs. Nelson

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John Leonard

New York Magazine/Vulture

As well meaning, nobly intended, and skillfully played as it is (Asner is terrific, and so are the turkey-baster jokes), what Common Ground isn't is Angels in America.

Feb 6, 2018

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Walter Goodman

New York Times

At its best ''Common Ground... manages to mitigate the conventions by focusing on individuals caught between their perplexities and society's injunctions.

Nov 30, 2017

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Wesley Lovell

Apollo Guide

The film has a strong political statement with an impassioned look at the ups and downs of the gay rights movement throughout recent U.S. history.

Rated: 79/100

Mar 6, 2001

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Synopsis

Three tales set in three different decades examine shifting attitudes toward gays in a New England hamlet.

Director: Donna Deitch
Executive Producer: A.D. Oppenheim, Brian Kerwin
Screenwriter: Paula Vogel, Terrence McNally, Harvey Fierstein
Production Co: Showtime Networks, Winsome Entertainment
Rating: R, TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English