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Stand Clear of the Closing Doors

Drama - 2014
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
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When autistic teen Ricky is scolded for skipping class, he escapes into the subway for a days-long odyssey among the subway’s disparate denizens. Meanwhile, his mother wages an escalating search effort above ground. Based on a true story and set in Far Rockaway, Queens, in the days leading up to Hurricane Sandy, these parallel stories of mother and son take the viewer on a touching journey of community and connection in and below New York City.
Director:
,
Sam Fleischner
Cast:
,
Tenoch Huerta Mejía
,
Josh Safdie
,
Marsha Stephanie Blake
,
Andrea Suarez Paz
,
Jesus Valez
,
Azul Zorrilla
,
Lance de los Reyes

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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
94 min
Release date:
24 May 2014
Country:
US
Languages:
Spanish, English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The director's view of the wider world is flat and schematic; the mother's dealings with an indifferent school district, the ineffectual police, and her aloof ex-husband lack complexity, and the maudlin tone overwhelms any social insight.
– Drew Hunt,
Chicago Reader,
17 Jul 2014
fresh:
"Stand Clear of the Closing Doors," a small miracle of a film, captures the grass-roots swirl of New York City with an extraordinary sensory attuning to urban life.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
22 May 2014
fresh:
Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors stubbornly resists a sense of intimacy, the film determined to express how communication can always be inclusive, even in whispers.
– David Ehrlich,
AV Club,
22 May 2014
fresh:
This is the sort of movie that gets called "hallucinatory," but it is strongly grounded in the New York in which 99 percent of us live.
– Farran Smith Nehme,
New York Post,
21 May 2014
fresh:
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors becomes dedicated to showing us everything millions of people glance at each day but don't actually regard.
– Alan Scherstuhl,
Village Voice,
20 May 2014
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