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The New Age

R 1994 1h 50m Drama List
67% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 38% Audience Score 100+ Ratings
Peter (Peter Weller) and Katherine Witner (Judy Davis) are sick of their directionless, materialistic lives in Los Angeles. The couple want something more out of life, and so, after losing their jobs, they decide to open up a clothing boutique -- and open up their marriage to other partners. Their experiment in self-discovery does not go well and, with their money draining away and their lives headed down a whirlpool, they cling desperately to New Age philosophy to stay afloat. Read More Read Less

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Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune A sometimes smart social commentary on Los Angeles characters who seek spiritual salvation when they can't buy every object they want. Rated: 3/4 Jan 16, 2013 Full Review Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Tolkin gives us one richly detailed set piece after another. Rated: 3.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Jeff Simon Buffalo News There is brilliance all through The New Age -- in the writing and especially the performances of Peter Weller and Judy Davis, two of the best and most perennially underrated around. But it's a brilliance too pitiless and clear-eyed to be lovable. Rated: 4/5 Mar 4, 2024 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant The realities of their performances prove insufficient to pull Tolkin's bitter and deliberate tale from its doldrums, however, and this film lives u p to its title. Most of the time, it proves as repetitive and empty as an endless New Wave rhapsody. Jun 8, 2018 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 3/5 Oct 9, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Wow! I am letting Peter Weller really have it lately. First for Naked Lunch and now for this film. Perhaps he ought to have signed up for a lifetime of playing Robocop. This doesn't quite work. It has it's moments but feels incomplete. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member A rather slow movie. Boring to watch at times, with over-the-top characters, and a strange ending. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Subtle satire of the downtrodden beautiful people of LA - although essentially an urban drama. Peter Weller and Judy Davis work well together, but the story itself is very shallow. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Sporadically witty but not too deep, New Age explores satirically the lives of self-absorbed yuppies on the verge of economic and moral collapse. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member was an ok film could have been better than what it was. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member It has it's ups and downs, but ultimately as empty as these people's lives. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Peter (Peter Weller) and Katherine Witner (Judy Davis) are sick of their directionless, materialistic lives in Los Angeles. The couple want something more out of life, and so, after losing their jobs, they decide to open up a clothing boutique -- and open up their marriage to other partners. Their experiment in self-discovery does not go well and, with their money draining away and their lives headed down a whirlpool, they cling desperately to New Age philosophy to stay afloat.
Director
Michael Tolkin
Production Co
Alcor Films, New Regency Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$203.6K
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround
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