Release Date
August 24, 2007 (LA/NY)
DVD Release Date
February 12, 2008 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Justin Theroux
Writer
David Bromberg
Cast
Billy Crudup, Mandy Moore, Tom Wilkinson, Martin Freeman, Bob Balaban, Dianne Wiest, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Sedaris, Peter Bogdanovich
Studio
Running Time
111 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language and some sexual content
What is Dedication about?
Henry Roth is messed up. A New York children's book author who tells kids that Santa doesn't exist, he hates sleeping with- and next to- anyone, including his girlfriend and must lay on the floor, usually with heavy objects on top of him just to feel safe. His motto is "Life is nothing but the occasional burst of laughter rising above the interminable wail of grief."
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MOVIE REVIEW
Billy Crudup stars as a cynical and nasty children book's author who is forced to improve his manners when he falls in love with his new artist, who looks suspiciously like Mandy Moore, in Dedication, a romantic comedy-drama that isn't very romantic, funny or dramatic.
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