Diminished Capacity (2008)

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About the movie

Year

2008

Runtime

1 h 31 min

Director

Terry Kinney

Writers

Doug Bost, Sherwood Kiraly

Plotline

A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's-impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame.

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Starring

Matthew Broderick

Alan Alda

Jimmy Bennett

Louis C.K.

Chris Bauer

Main cast

Matthew Broderick Cooper

Virginia Madsen Charlotte

Alan Alda Uncle Rollie Zerbs

Jimmy Bennett Dillon

Louis C.K. Stan

Jim True-Frost Donny Prine

Dylan Baker Mad Dog McClure

Bobby Cannavale Lee Vivyan

Jeff Perry Casey Dean

Lois Smith Belle Tyke

Tom Aldredge Wendell Kendall

Ray Thomas Gordy

Chris Bauer Lloyd

Heidi Neurauter Irene Sasso

Carolyn Baeumler Diane McClure

Doug Bost Customer

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External critics' reviews

The result is fairly silly slapstick, but Alda, hair disheveled and brow knit with stubborn intent, is both fierce and quietly heartbreaking. more

The smart indie comedy Diminished Capacity deals with three kinds of dementia: those relating to aging, concussions and being a Chicago Cubs fan. Tying those three things together is a task that the witty script does with surprising adroitness. more

All of the actors convey the ebullience of old friends convening for an on-the-cheap reunion. The shared good spirits result in a diminutive comedy with a bounty of charm and shrewd humor. more

A risky, not entirely successful comedy about mental disability, based on the novel by Sherwood Kiraly. more

A road movie that never really takes off. more

Alda actually is kind of interesting as the mentally unstable uncle, but Broderick appears to be sleepwalking. Madsen has little to do, and everyone else plays things far too broadly. more

A mild pleasure from one end to the other, but not much more. Maybe that's enough, serving as a reminder that movie comedies still can be about ordinary people and do not necessarily have to feature vulgarity as their centerpiece. more

Striving for low-key character comedy, Diminished Capacity ends up diminishing its returns. more

It's the kind of lite movie you go and see with your mom, and she'll say she liked it--but then a year later, you're both trying to remember what it was even about. Two and a half shrugs. more

Touches earnestly on heart-heavy issues of loss: loss of memory, of love and, perhaps because of the local angle, of (or rather by) the Chicago Cubs. But Mr. Kinney, a founder of the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago and a familiar face from film and television, never gives his movie a sustained pulse. more

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