HEIGHTS (2005) **1/2 Elizabeth Banks, Glenn Close, James Marsden, Jesse Bradford, John Light, Eric Bogosian, Isabella Rossellini, George Segal, Rufus Wainwright, Michael Murphy. A day in the life of several people in New York City some related and some a stranger one degree separated from all come to a head in Amy Fox's adaptation of her stage play of mannered behavior, infidelities and assorted secrets and lies. The ensemble is eclectic and unique not unlike Manhattan which is the backdrop for this often strained character study although the fresh scrubbed beauty of Banks (resembling Elisabeth Shue) shines through the angst and ennui reverberating as an engaged photographer seeking "something" in her life and handles her own with Close as her mother, a celebrated actress whose birthday has more than one surprise before the end of a hectic day. (Dir: Chris Terrio)
Review of Heights
