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      Answers to Nothing

      R Released Dec 2, 2011 2 hr. 4 min. Drama List
      9% 23 Reviews Tomatometer 36% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score The lives of several people revolve around the search for a missing youngster. Ryan (Dane Cook) is a therapist who is having an affair and pulling away from his wife, Kate (Elizabeth Mitchell), who desperately wants a baby. Meanwhile, one of Ryan's clients (Kali Hawk) begins a tentative romance as she copes with feelings of racism, and Ryan's mother (Barbara Hershey) clings to the foolish belief that the husband who abandoned her will return one day . Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 16 Buy Now

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      Audience Member Another "crash" movie except the characters were never really interwoven. Also, some of the scenes were really cliche. I've seen versions of the SoCal marathon scene in countless movies. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Showcasing a pretty wide range of human virtues/vice, with a decent soundtrack. Not a classic by any means, and I'm not implying its a great movie, but better than the ratings here Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review john m Whatever theme is supposed to connect all these boring stories together is muddled and lost and the performances and pacing is just coma-inducing. Something that wants to be "Amores Perros" or "Magnolia" but doesn't realize it takes more than just a bunch of dramatic strangers in a city to tell a powerful story. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I call these "crash" movies. as far as ensemble pieces with converging and hopefully surprising storylines go, this is a good one, although plodding at times and perhaps a little preachy Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/11/15 Full Review Audience Member There were several interwoven plots that somehow ultimately resulted in finding 11yr old Christie. Jerry, a dismissed police cadet, ended up being a hero after all! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Nearly a dozen random themes and characters have been Scotch-taped together into a single mess. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Elizabeth Mitchell as Kate in "Answers to Nothing." Dane Cook as Ryan in "Answers to Nothing." Julie Benz as Frankie in "Answers to Nothing." Erik Palladino as Jerry in "Answers to Nothing." Dane Cook as Ryan and Elizabeth Mitchell as Kate in "Answers to Nothing." Elizabeth Mitchell as Kate in "Answers to Nothing." Barbara Hershey as Marilyn and Dane Cook as Ryan in "Answers to Nothing." Dane Cook as Ryan in "Answers to Nothing." View more photos

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      Rafer Guzman Newsday Nearly a dozen random themes and characters have been Scotch-taped together into a single mess. Dec 9, 2011 Full Review Joe Neumaier New York Daily News An apt title that sadly recalls lesser ensemble pieces like "Playing by Heart," while wanting to be "Grand Canyon." Rated: 2/5 Dec 4, 2011 Full Review Amy Biancolli San Francisco Chronicle Any movie that calls itself Answers to Nothing ought to be 100 percent sure it's about something. Rated: 1/4 Dec 2, 2011 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com The major theme of Answers to Nothing screeches across the screen with as much finesse as scratching a chalkboard. Rated: 1.5/5 Jun 28, 2019 Full Review Brent Simon Shockya.com Reaches rather nakedly for early Paul Thomas Anderson territory, but the copped moves come off less as artful homage and more as the nervous half-formed duplications of a mentee who's left the nest too soon. Rated: C Dec 5, 2011 Full Review Dan Lybarger KC Active With his latest effort 'Answers to Nothing,' co-writer-director Matthew Leutwyler appears to have confused glum with profound. Rated: 1/5 Dec 2, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis The lives of several people revolve around the search for a missing youngster. Ryan (Dane Cook) is a therapist who is having an affair and pulling away from his wife, Kate (Elizabeth Mitchell), who desperately wants a baby. Meanwhile, one of Ryan's clients (Kali Hawk) begins a tentative romance as she copes with feelings of racism, and Ryan's mother (Barbara Hershey) clings to the foolish belief that the husband who abandoned her will return one day .
      Director
      Matthew Leutwyler
      Executive Producer
      Matthew Leutwyler
      Screenwriter
      Matthew Leutwyler, Gillian Vigman
      Distributor
      Roadside Attractions
      Production Co
      Ambush Entertainment, Cold Iron Pictures
      Rating
      R (Violence|Language|Some Strong Sexual Content|Nudity)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 2, 2011, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 28, 2012
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $22.0K
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