Every Brilliant Thing

2016

Action / Documentary

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 91% · 5 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 91% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 8.4/10 10 997 997

Plot summary

A filmed version of Jonny Donahoe’s acclaimed one-man show about depression, suicide and the lengths to which people go for those they love. Poignant and humorous, it follows a young boy who attempts to ease his mother’s depression by starting an enormous running list of everything worth living for.

Director

Fenton Bailey Photo
Fenton Bailey

Top cast

Tobey Maguire Photo
Tobey Maguire as Self - Audience Member
Jonny Donahoe Photo
Jonny Donahoe
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563.97 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 1 min
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1.02 GB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 1 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by yusufpiskin 9 / 10

Duncan Macmillan

This play arrived in my life during one of its most desolate chapters. Years later, I still returned to the theater three times to relive it. While Jonny Donahoe cast a spell over New York audiences with his singular brilliance, the production in my country was anchored by Bora Akkas - an actor of extraordinary depth. A haunting symmetry binds their stories: his performance, too, unfolded under a personal shadow, serendipitously aligned with the loss of a dear friend.From the play's indelible list, Item 45 remains pinned above my desk: "45. Hugging."I once exchanged letters with Duncan Macmillan, the playwright - a man so analog, he eschews email entirely. Our correspondence unfolded through his British publisher, a relic of an older literary world.It wasn't until years later that I learned HBO had resurrected the New York iteration. Discovering it on Max felt like unearthing a forgotten photograph, its edges still sharp with meaning.Certain works - like certain souls - emerge precisely when the universe demands witness. This play is such a creation. Even its soundtrack hums with the same uncanny resonance.
Reviewed by e-richardson5 10 / 10

A child's eye view of depression

Working with suicidal people, I believe that not only the writing was spot on, but so was the interaction from the actor. It filters loss through the eyes of the innocent.
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