The Year of Getting to Know Us

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2008

1 hr. 37 min.

Comedy

Drama

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A commitment-shy writer (Jimmy Fallon) returns to his dysfunctional parents' fold after his father suffers a debilitating stroke.

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Jimmy Fallon stars as a man with an aversion to marriage after his childhood, growing up with an unfaithful and distant father played by Tom Arnold. This is a pretty decent drama and with this cast you'd assume this was a comedy. Couldn't be further from a comedy. Lucy Liu, Sharon Stone and Illeana Douglas costar.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Loved watching Sharon Stone.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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An interesting cast is swallowed up in a complete and total misfire.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Lucy Liu is the only good part of this movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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This movie had a few too many flashbacks for my taste, and it was pretty uneventful, but I've always been a big fan of Jimmy Fallon, so I'm glad I saw this movie because it proved his dramatic acting ability.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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I thought this was a very convincing story. Patrick Sisam did a wonderful job a with bringing out the child's perspective to the family life. The child's different memories to what happens in the family and what that perspective does to the adult child's choices in life. I'm not saying it's a perfect film but it is worth a watch. www.what-to-watch.com

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Patrick Sisam

Director

Jimmy Fallon

Christopher Rocket

Sharon Stone

Jane Rocket

Tom Arnold

Ron Rocket

Lucy Liu

Anne

Chase Ellison

Young Christopher Rocket

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Justin Chang

Variety

An anemic grab-bag of Sundance cliches.

Jan 30, 2008

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Stephen Farber

Hollywood Reporter

You won't want to get to know these obnoxious characters.

Jan 28, 2008

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Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

Director Patrick Sisam merely cherry picks his favorite moments of dysfunction and eccentricity, failing to provide any sort of reasonable argument for Christopher's zombified mental state.

Rated: D

Dec 29, 2010

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Synopsis

A commitment-shy writer (Jimmy Fallon) returns to his dysfunctional parents' fold after his father suffers a debilitating stroke.

Director: Patrick Sisam
Executive Producer: Lawrence Najem, Ed Machek, Michael Ossi, Howard Butler, Sharon Stone, Jim Seibel, Lou Maggio, Lance Ringhaver, Bill Johnson
Screenwriter: Patrick Sisam, Rick Velleu
Production Co: Grand Army Entertainment
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016

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