The Kindness of Strangers
The Kindness of Strangers (1999)

The Kindness of Strangers

1/5
(11 votes)
6.5IMDb

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Awards

Chicago Alt.Film Fest 1999


Jury Award
ABSOLUT Best Feature
Best Documentary

Heartland International Film Festival 1998


Crystal Heart Award

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Reviews

The story just doesn't go anywhere. It lacks intensity, engagement or emotion.

This was just an awful film. Tennessee Williams and Zoe Kazan's grandfather must both be rolling in their graves.

This is a beautiful and slow heartwarming movie about kindness that is wonderfully acted. Do no pay attention to the bad reviews.

There's nothing wrong with this movie except everything. The concept has such good potential but there is no follow through.

Love the cast, the acting, the writing, the story- all of it was so clever and intertwined. A really beautiful story of how small acts of kindness can mean the world to other people.

Why it only rated a 6, I will never know except maybe people only expect to see fast-paced, intense action movies filled with expletives. For those who long for something a little more introspective, I think this movie is perfect.

The understated quality of this movie might be why it hasn't received better reviews. I don't think it means to be a treatise on homelessness or a precise rendition of the conditions thereof (an assumption I've seen some high profile critics make).

It is a beautiful movie that portrays NY and as the title says, the kindness of strangers. Great photography!

Hats off to the director who treated this story so well.. Normally I wouldn't be able to watch such dark subject matter.

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