The Grief of Others is a 2015 American tragedy film written and directed by Patrick Wang. It is based on the 2011 novel The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen. The film stars Wendy Moniz, Trevor St. John, Rachel Dratch, Chris Conroy, Sonya Harum, and Mike Faist.
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Cast
Wendy Moniz as Ricky Ryrie
Trevor St. John as John Ryrie
Rachel Dratch as Madeleine Berkowitz
Chris Conroy as Lance Oprisu
Jenna Cooperman as Fiona
Mike Faist as Gordie Joiner
Sonya Harum as Jessica Safransky
Theo Iyer as Hugh Chaudhuri
Oona Laurence as Biscuit Ryrie
Henry Gagliardi as Young Paul Ryrie
Release
The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 15, 2015.
Critical reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 12 critics' reviews are positive.
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
On New York Times, Bilge Ebiri wrote that "It's an artful portrait of a world that refuses the order we try to impose on it when we close ourselves off to heartache, doubt and pain." On Variety, Justin Chang wrote the film is "a delicate, elliptically structured portrait of six wounded souls coping with the aftermath of tragedy."
On Los Angeles Times, Robert Abele said "Harder to miss, however, in every grainy 16mm shot and heartfelt performance is the movie's understated soul, as Wang guides us, sometimes awkwardly, usually touchingly, from isolation and secrets into understanding and connection."