Focus (2001 film)

Focus
Directed by Neal Slavin
Produced by Robert A. Miller, Michael R. Bloomberg, and Neal Slavin
Screenplay by Kendrew Lascelles
Based on Focus
by Arthur Miller
Starring
Cinematography Juan Ruiz Anchía
Edited by Tariq Anwar
David B. Cohn
Distributed by Paramount Classics
Release date
  • September 9, 2001 (2001-09-09)
Running time
 106 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $645,418[1]

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

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

  • William H. Macy as Lawrence 'Larry' Newman
  • Laura Dern as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart
  • David Paymer as Mr. Finkelstein
  • Meat Loaf as Fred (as Meat Loaf Aday)
  • Kay Hawtrey as Mrs. Newman
  • Michael Copeman as Carlson
  • Kenneth Welsh as Father Crighton
  • Joseph Ziegler as Mr. Garage
  • Arlene Meadows as Mrs. Dewitt
  • Peter Oldring as Willy Doyle
  • Robert McCarrol as Meeting Hall Man (as Robert Mccarrol)
  • Shaun Austin-Olsen as Sullivan
  • Kevin Jubinville as Mr. Cole Stevens
  • B.J. McQueen as Mel
  • Conrad Bergschneider as Tough's Leader

Reception

Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 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]

References

  1. ↑ Focus (2001) – Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/focus/


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