Sympathy for Delicious
Sympathy for Delicious is a 2010 drama film, and the directorial debut of Mark Ruffalo. Filming took place in Los Angeles. It is the story of a newly paralyzed DJ (Thornton) gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.
14 January 1953, Stanislaus County, California, USA
26 November 1985, New York City, New York, USA
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22 November 1967, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
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18 February 1971, Da Nang, Vietnam
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May 05, 2011
Good intentions and poor execution.
April 29, 2011
Mark Ruffalo is one of the best actors of his generation, and I'd like to be able to say that, with his directorial debut, Sympathy for Delicious, he's one of its best filmmakers, too. Alas, this semiexpressionist fantasia is a botch.
April 28, 2011
Despite the powerful sense of place, "Sympathy for Delicious" unwinds a narrative thread that grows increasingly tattered and flimsy.
May 02, 2011
Once we get to the trial that kind of dominates the later part of the movie, I think it comes back and it refocuses on this dynamic between Thornton and Ruffalo who are incedently really good together.
May 21, 2011
The movie presents its premise in a somewhat intriguingly unprepossessing way, but abandons any deeper exploration of its crisis of faith or, indeed, just human existence -- all to hopelessly middling effect.
May 06, 2011
You can't make this stuff up. Or maybe you can, but you shouldn't.
April 29, 2011
While, as director, Ruffalo is a little too fond of hand-held shots, he keeps all the performances simmering and moves the story ahead in simple, straightforward steps.
May 13, 2011
The script would have better served the character of Delicious if his powers were "scientifically" explained.
April 27, 2011
Messy, far-fetched rock drama with religious vibes, about a former DJ on L.A.'s skid row who emerges a healer, will go straight to the cut-out bin.
April 29, 2011
As it builds, kind of epically, to a thoughtful conclusion, "Sympathy" appreciates the places we find after defeating our demons.
April 29, 2011
Scattered drama about faith and poverty is intense.
April 29, 2011
Interesting but never compelling...
