Anesthesia

– Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
2015
Anesthesia (2015)

Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Genre:

Anesthesia (2015) - Trailer

Release Date:

08 Jan 2016

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Tim Blake Nelson

Writer:

Tim Blake Nelson

Main Actors:

Sam Waterston, Ivan Goris, Rob Morgan, Corey Stoll

Plot:

Philosophy professor Walter Zarrow is wounded during a mugging. In an effort to escape he rings buzzers indiscriminately, waking Sam, a middle aged father of two having an affair in the city. Sam reluctantly answers Zarrow's pleas, and Zarrow loses consciousness in his arms. Through an exploration of why these men, along with the mugger, and an addict named Joe, come together, we explore New York City. The experience of Zarrow, Sam, Joe and Zarrow's assailant ripple quickly out to include the connected lives of a housewife struggling with alcoholism, a stoner teen desperate to lose his virginity, a brilliant but failed writer fighting addiction, two parents confronting the prospect of terminal illness, and a brilliant grad student who wounds herself to feel alive.

Gross profit:

$22,386

Production:

IFC Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
26%
Metacritic:
55%