Focus (2001 film)

Focus is a 2001 American drama film starring William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer and Meat Loaf based on a 1945 novel by playwright Arthur Miller.

Focus
Directed byNeal Slavin
Screenplay byKendrew Lascelles
Based onFocus
by Arthur Miller
Produced byRobert A. Miller
Michael R. Bloomberg
Starring
CinematographyJuan Ruiz Anchía
Edited byTariq Anwar
David B. Cohn
Music byMark Adler
Production
company
Focus Productions
Distributed byParamount Classics
Release date
  • September 9, 2001 (2001-09-09)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$645,418[1]

Plot

In the waning months of World War II, a man is mistakenly identified as a Jew by his antisemitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and ethnic persecution, he finds himself aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 56% based on 81 reviews, with the site's consensus "Though full of good intentions, Focus somehow feels dated, and pounds away its points with a heavy hand."[2] On Metacritic the film has a score of 53% based on reviews from 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 and wrote: "Doesn't reach for reality; it's a deliberate attempt to look and feel like a 1940s social problems picture, right down to the texture of the color photography."[4][5][6]

See also

References
  1. Focus (2001) – Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. "Focus (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  3. "Focus". Metacritic.
  4. Ebert, Roger (November 9, 2001). "Focus movie review & film summary (2001)". Chicago Sun-Times.
  5. Holden, Stephen (19 October 2001). "FILM REVIEW; Surreal Fable Considers The Realities Of Prejudice". The New York Times.
  6. Harvey, Dennis (27 September 2001). "Focus". Variety.


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