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Write When You Get Work

2018

Finn Wittrock, Rachel Keller, Scott Cohen, Jessica Hecht ...

Romance. Drama A story about money, mischief, love and entitlement, set in New York City. Ruth Duffy is getting by on an assistant's salary at a pricey school for girls in Manhattan, managing to move beyond the trouble and loss of her teenage years. Jonny Collins is working local jobs near the Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx. When they cross paths after years apart, Jonny is as consumed with Ruth as he was in their high school days, and he infiltrates her life for love and profit. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"The core of the film is Ruth and Jonny’s backstory, which is dosed out in frustrating droplets but is nonetheless affecting."	NEU
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"'Write When You Get Work' is one of those flicks with solid performances in really smart standalone scenes that don’t quite cohere into a smart film overall."	NEU
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A great-looking mess (...) Boasting a strong cast and stronger Super 16 lensing by the great Robert Elswit (...) [Cochran] gets caught up in the mechanics of a scam that makes no sense"	NEU
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"The characters are unappealing, the story is a mess and the whole would be unwatchable without the contribution of the celebrated cinematographer Robert Elswit"	NEG
United States	Jared Mobarak The Film Stage	"The connective tissue holding these two together might be powerful, but leaving its context as background dressing isn’t enough to condone what occurs."	NEU

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