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4 July 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
Sometimes what you lose is not as important as what you find.Plot:
A Chicago journalist suffering from memory loss takes leaves from his job and returns to his rural hometown, where he bonds with his Alzheimer's-impaired uncle Rollie and his old flame. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Diminished Capacity (From The AV Club. 3 July 2008, 10:05 AM, PDT)
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(From IFC. 30 June 2008, 7:46 AM, PDT)
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Surprisingly engaging moreCast
(Credited cast) | Matthew Broderick | ... | Cooper |
 | Alan Alda | ... | Uncle Rollie |
 | Virginia Madsen | ... | Charlotte |
 | Dylan Baker | ... | Mad Dog McClure |
 | Bobby Cannavale | ... | Lee Vivyan |
 | Louis C.K. | ... | Stan |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Tom Aldredge | ... | Wendell Kendall |
 | Carolyn Baeumler | ... | Diane McClure |
 | Jimmy Bennett | ... | Dillon |
| P.J. Brown | ... | Reese |
| David Corbett | ... | Chicago cubs security 3 |
 | Bhavna de Montebello | ... | Dr. Gupta (as Bhavana Kundanmal) |
| Brad Haugen | ... | Chicago cubs security 1 |
| Joseph Kwasny | ... | Chicago cubs security 2 |
| Mary Jo Mandula | ... | Tribune employee 1 |
| Gentry Miller | ... | Tribune Security Guard |
| Paul Mixon | ... | Tribune employee 2 |
 | Anthony Del Negro | ... | Baseball Patron |
| Heidi Neurauter | ... | Irene Sasso |
| Zsofia Otvos | ... | Riverwalk girl 1 |
| David Martin Rose | ... | Frank 'Wildfire' Schulte |
 | Evan Shafran | ... | Baseball Card Collector |
 | Lois Smith | ... | Belle Tyke |
| Karla Strum | ... | Riverwalk girl 2 |
 | Jim True-Frost | ... | Donny Prine |
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The part of Wildfire, is played by David Martin Rose. On his first day working as an intern for the sound department, David was approached by Director Terry Kinney, and was asked to read for the part. moreFAQ
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This film is about a journalist with post concussion syndrome and his demented uncle on road trip to sell a precious baseball card.
"Diminished Capacity" is surprisingly engaging. The plot is well written, even tiny details are attended to. It has that special charm to engage viewers. The characters are all likable and authentic, and I really care about them. Alan Alda is amazingly convincing as a demented person. Little by little, his dementia is portrayed beautifully, from the burnt bacon to misplacing the card. One annoyingly implausible thing though, is why would no one help in the fight at the end. That dampens the credibility of the plot, but on the whole it is well written and executed.