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This lifeless film about Manhattanites' disconnected relationships during the dot-com boom follows characters in a style similar to Slacker with only the first two characters, a prostitute and john, appearing again in the last scene. Otherwise, the story follows various rich and poor and mostly uninteresting folks through unsexy love affairs which tend toward the cheap and disposable. Many viewers might wonder what the point of the whole thing is. The connection to the dot-com period is only obvious if one has read the film's notes or something about its plot. But Love in the Time of Money could just as easily be taking place now. There is one funny scene where Steve Buscemi playing a terrible modern artist named Martin Kunkle displays his paintings which all feature two triangles to an art gallery owner who is only interested in sleeping with him. But the not-bad cast can do nothing to help the predictable and TV drama-like script. And for a film with a fair amount of sex in it, Love in the Time of Money is never the least bit sexy. ~ Adam Bregman, All Movie Guide

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Most helpful customer reviews   A Narrative Failure, Mar 13 2004 By  Dr Lawrence Hauser (NYC, NY USA) - See all my reviews    Based loosely on Arthur Schnitzler's text "Reigen/Liebelei," Love In The Time Of Money depicts a human concatenation of sexual liaison between individuals who hardly know each other and could care less. And to what end? I, for one, could hardly decipher a reason for this exercise in existential malaise and gratuitous fornication. Despite the film's auspicious provenance (it credits Robert Redford as an executive producer and Sundance Institute as a progenitor), a cast of talented actors, and a moment or two of artistically consequential cinematography, I was thoroughly disappointed by what impressed me as a pointlessly languid depiction of desultory sex engaged in by aimless, unhappy people. Remarkably, Peter Mattei's direction and script were so poorly realized that even an inspired and almost always entertaining actress like Jill Hennessy turned in a performance that fell flat on its face in several early scenes of this woefully misguided project. Her painful, uncharacteristically self-conscious portrayal of an affection-starved wife on the prowl was, in fact, so stilted and motivationally confused that I was actually embarrassed for her as I forced myself to watch! There were, however, a few moments in the middle of the picture when I thought (hoped) that something of interest was germinating on the screen. As, for example, when Steve Buscemi in the role of an aspiring painter attempts to get Rosario Dawson, playing a secretary employed by the art gallery where he intends to show his canvases, to model for him. But once the tension in this duet of awkward seduction quickly and inevitably devolves into meaningless sex I was sadly reminded once again of how Mattei's vision of alienated 'love' refused to get out of its own way for even a minute's respite. ...I submit these comments as a service to those who are contemplating what I was unable to avoid. Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) Share your thoughts with other customers:  › See all customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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