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Mercy (2009)
Writer Scott Caan enters in a relationship,unknown to him the lady he is with, with the aim of getting knowledge about a real relationship to write his book.
31 January 1959, Golden Valley, Minnesota, USA
2 June 1982, Houston, Texas, USA
26 October 1961, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
11 May 1983, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1 April 1979, Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
22 January 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 August 1982, Seattle, Washington, USA
26 March 1940, The Bronx, New York, USA
1963, USA
29 April 1980, Canada
23 August 1976, Los Angeles, California, USA
1976, Manhattan, New York, USA
22 October 1981, New York City, New York, USA
7 July 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 August 1972, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]
April 30, 2010
Caan's decision to cast real-life pals such as Jane Fonda's son Garity, McDermott and John Boyd (as a blabbering lovesick friend)--not to mention his father--makes sense, but the decision to leave out the heart of his narrative doesn't.
April 27, 2010
Caan's touchingly clueless longing makes Mercy stand out as an adult romantic drama that earns its hankies
April 27, 2010
Don't let Mercy's title fool you, as there's no clemency here, from cliché or pretentiousness.
October 04, 2010
Frustratingly uneven...
April 29, 2010
A sentimental sitdram about whether or not a long-distance liaison between an artist and his worst critic has a fighting chance of blossoming into love.
April 30, 2010
Scott Caan, of all people, playing a writer of romantic novels?
May 05, 2010
There's a frayed romanticism to Caan's script that belies his swaggering air of machismo; this is a man who understands the price of love, even if Johnny can't, or more probably, won't.
July 22, 2010
I have a problem with movies about men who women cannot resist.
April 29, 2010
With Glenn offscreen for huge sections of the film, Mercy devolves into yet another navel-gazing drama about a glib cad redeemed by the love of a good woman.
April 28, 2010
Caan can't seem to play up his strengths. He's a raw talent who needs an editor for his scripts and a strong hand behind the camera guiding him. Mercy gives our guy neither.
April 30, 2010
Scott Caan delivers a complex portrait of a womanizing bully with a cream-puff heart.
May 06, 2010
Mercy is a romantic drama with some good qualities -- among them earnestness and strong performances -- but not enough to completely overcome the strain of its clichés.
