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Maladies
Directed by
Carter
TV-14
2014
1h 36m
Drama
4.9
5%
33%
5.3
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A talented and successful actor retires at a young age due to a perceived mental illness. Now living in a small town with his deranged sister and his best friend, we watch as their Maladies intertwine.
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Cast of Maladies
James Franco
James
Catherine Keener
Catherine
Fallon Goodson
Patricia / Executive Producer
David Strathairn
Delmar
Alan Cumming
Alan
Ken Scott
Narrator (voice)
Mary Beth Peil
Blind Woman
Ben George
Policeman
Carter
Officer Carter / Director / Screenplay
Jermaine Crawford
Teenager
Vince Jolivette
Officer Jolivette / Producer
Jon Prescott
Prescott
Jean Carter
Lady in Diner
Bob Zelnick
Mr. Zelnick
Julie Sharbutt
Drugstore Soda Jerk
Madalyn Lester
Woman in Cast
Meredith Anne Bull
Girl in Diner (uncredited)
Marni Zelnick
Producer
Miles Levy
Producer
Jeff Rice
Producer
Maladies Ratings & Reviews
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
For a film that seems to be exploring the difficulty in creative expression, Maladies seems afflicted by an inability to say much at all.
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
For what it's worth, there's nothing outrageously awful about the film... It's just utterly bland.
Movie Mezzanine
Dan Schindel
The only thing more notable than Maladies's pretentiousness is how harmless that pretentiousness feels.
The Playlist
Jessica Kiang
...we basically wanted to punch the film in the face.
Entertainment Weekly
Leah Greenblatt
A mess that will no doubt meet a merciful box office death.
Film Journal International
David Noh
This is Franco's second directorial collaboration with the artiste who goes by the name of Carter, and hopefully they won't push their luck further.
RogerEbert.com
Sheila O'Malley
"Maladies" remains on too low a boil to communicate any sense of stakes for the various characters. It seems to be trying to say something about creativity, and living one's life on one's own terms, but it's a muddle.
Examiner.com
Travis Hopson
If there's any point to be made it's lost in a sea of meaningless quirk masking as profundity.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
A pretentious head-scratcher involving would-be artistic expression, mental illness and shaving cream (don't ask).
Paste Magazine
Shannon M. Houston
Ultimately it adds to the eternally ongoing cinematic conversation about artists and the quirks (healthy and otherwise) that define them.
The Dissolve
Chris Klimek
Maladies briefly impersonates a queasy comedy about the hilarity of mental illness [...] then morphs into [a] sketchpad full of storytelling devices Carter wanted to try, regardless of whether they're suited to the story he's telling.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
It courts pretension with blithe disregard at every turn.
Observer
Rex Reed
Overrated, overexposed and overindulgent, James Franco is all over the place, like cow chips in the abandoned pasture of a derelict farm.
Village Voice
Inkoo Kang
The social construction of illness is certainly a worthy topic, but Carter situates his characters far from any semblance of a plot and even further from his heart.
Slant Magazine
Wes Greene
It borders on parody as it tries to portray its hero as martyrdom-bound genius, which makes the film feel as if it was made by Franco's vain, art-fetishizing character from This Is the End.
Film.com
Jenni Miller
Maladies is at least watchable, though just barely.
Variety
Guy Lodge
[A] precious, pointless exercise in designer neurosis from mononymic artist-turned-filmmaker Carter.
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