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by susidee34  - Top 200, Feb 08 '04
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Joseph Ferdinand Gould was a Harvard graduate. To pass him on the street you would give him a wide berth, his appearance was unkept and he looked like he would exude an offensive odor. He looked like one of the many homeless street people you see ...
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by pmills1210  in Movies, - Top 500, May 28 '00
Pros: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci
Cons: Starts slowly, then becomes engaging
I'd heard good things about the films of Stanley Tucci, but had never had the opportunity to see one until "Joe Gould's Secret" made it to my local second-run art house. It's kind of like "Six Degrees Of Separation," except that most...
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by Grouch - Top 200, Jan 02 '01
Pros: Ian Holm and Stanley Tucci give the best performances of their careers: one is boisterous, the other is subdued, both are completely engrossing
Cons: Some people might call it "slow" and "boring," I call it "patient" and "literate"
An unwashed, unshaven, uncombed man walks into a New York City diner in 1942, sits at the counter and demands a bowl of soup. The diner’s owner casts a sympathetic but wary eye on the bum and says, “Joe, you’ve gotta stop doing this. You’ve gotta stop...
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by NFP , Feb 26 '01
Pros: Engaging concept, interesting bohemian New York setting, brilliant lead performance by Ian Holm.
Cons: Uneven direction may bog down audiences not in touch with urban intellectual life.
When my wife and I bought our first house in 1978 in the heart of downtown Philadelphia in the shadows of City Hall, part of the local scenery was the street people. Our favorite regular was the Bag Man – a red-faced, white-bearded Kris Kringle...
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by Sloucho - Top 500, Mar 02 '01
Pros: A story that manages to be touching without being sentimental; Ian Holm's performance
Cons: There aren't enough people like Joe Gould--or enough filmmakers like Stanley Tucci
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Doubtless you've encountered the man on the street who suffers from delusions of grandeur and believes himself to be Jesus Christ. Perhaps you have even met the man who claims to be Napoleon. In Joe Gould's Secret, Joseph Ferdinand...
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by JonTurner , Oct 09 '00
Pros: Wonderful performance by Ian Holm / A few laughs
Cons: Never amounts to much / Disappointing ending
Screen and stage actor Stanley Tucci can now add "Joe Gould's Secret" to his directing resumé ("Big Night" and "Impostors") of light hearted, critically favored pictures. With "Gould," Tucci shifts from the pure...
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by BrianKoller - Top 50, Sep 14 '01
Pros: story, screenplay, direction, sets, casting
Cons: slowly paced, Tucci's accent
Every year, there are many good films made that lack the notice that they deserve. They don't have the time-proven commercial formulas of action, special effects, romance, and established box-office draws. Perhaps they are simply thoughtful character...
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by janesbit1 - Top 200, Apr 23 '00
Pros: Great provocative concept, nice touches, Ian Holm's acting, cameo by Sarandan
Cons: Slow, remains largely on the surface,
Back in the 1930's John Steinbeck wrote the definitive book about migrant workers after working as a journalist on a series of articles about "The Harvest Gypsies." Steinbeck got his information by living with the migrants to get a first hand...
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by Blam , Sep 22 '00
Pros: Ian Holm, detailed camerawork
Cons: too little action for those with short attention spans
This is a movie in which nothing happens.
Based on a real story, Joe Gould's Secret tells of what happened when successful New Yorker columnist Joe Mitchell (Stanley Tucci) meets Joe Gould (Ian Holm) a derelict in New York who...
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by BigBob51 , Apr 13 '00
Pros: Great acting by Ian Holm
Cons: Boring, boring, boring...; irritating cameos
I really wanted to like this movie! After all, director and co-star Stanley Tucci resembles me, but he's shorter and has less hair! And Ian Holm is always terrific. And Patricia Clarkson and Hope Davis are on my ever-expanding list of indie faves....
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by MovieBodega , Apr 09 '00
Pros: A stunning performance by Ian Holm
Cons: The film doesn't measure up to the performances
Stanley Tucci, the actor-director-writer who in just a few years has developed a reputation as one of the more adventurous artists working in Hollywood, has created his most sentimental work to date in JOE GOULD'S SECRET. Whether this sentimental flavor...
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by Spikor , Oct 02 '00
Pros: Comes together in the end.
Cons: Takes too long, and is just plain boring.
"Joe Gould's Secret" is the story of a homeless, eccentric author who lived in New York in the '40s. He devoted his life to writing "The Oral History of Our Time". Supposedly a combination of essay chapters, and conversations he...
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by SusanGranger - Top 1000, Apr 11 '00
Pros: Interesting concept, superb acting performances
Cons: Lots of wasted opportunities - and it gets kinda boring after awhile
Actor/director/producer Stanley Tucci ("Big Night," "The Impostors") specializes in gentle, cerebral, low-budget films about male friendships and their consequences. This true story by Howard Rodman celebrates the relationship...
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by xiibaro , May 26 '00
Pros: Runs a Little Long
Cons: The Underlying Story
Joe Gould's secret is that there is nothing.
Nothing necessarily real, yet something in the mind. Joe Gould is an eccentric, one that has been seen in every film from The Fisher King to With Honors, the difference being that he was a real...
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by skitch776 , May 17 '00
Pros: Tucci and Holm.
Cons: Their surroundings.
I've very much enjoyed Stanley Tucci's last two directorial efforts. "Big Night" was justifiably praised across the board, and "The Imposters" is an unappreciated bit of inspired silliness. So I was looking forward to "Joe...
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