Based on Jane Smiley's novel The Age of Grief Secret Lives Of Dentists is an honest but sympathetic look at the strains of modern marriage. David Hurst (Campbell Scott) is a disillusioned small-time dentist who suspects his wife is having an affair after seeing her kiss a mystery man. Preferring to brood he begins to imagine conversations with an angry patient (Denis Leary). As his grief leads to a variety of bizarre acts violence never seems far away
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Alan Rudolph directs this subtly tragi-comic portrait of an ailing marriage. David and Dana Hurst (Campbell Scott and Hope Davis) are married with three daughters, and also work together as dentists who share the same surgery. When David begins to suspect that Dana, who has been showing symptoms of quiet unhappiness for a while, is having an affair, he cannot work out how to confront her without damaging their already fragile relationship even further. Dennis Leary co-stars as a disgruntled patient who becomes David's fantasy alter-ego in a series of dream-like sequences.
Hope Davis and Campbell Scott play married dentists in this insightful dramatic comedy from director Alan Rudolph ('Afterglow' 'Dorothy Parker And The vicious Circle') Based on the novel 'The Age Of Grief' by Jane Smiley the story begins with husband David's suspicion that his wife (and mother of their three adorable daughters) is having an affair The details of their family life and David's mounting suspicion are brilliantly evoked via overlapping dialogue great editing and masterful camerawork David's jealous mind soars onto some hilarious flights of fancy and eventually caustic comedian Denis Leary turns up as his cigar-smoking alter ego expressing all the independent and antisocial traits David has tried so long to repress for the sake of his family All of this culminates in a hilarious yet harrowing week when the family is hit by a flu virus 'Secret Lives' performances are very strong with Scott proving himself an actor of great restraint and subtlety The young actresses who play the daughters are uniformly talented as is Robin Tunney ('The Craft') as a dental assistant The lion's share of credit is due to director Rudolph who is in top form with this film displaying his mastery of the ensemble cast camera and audio tricks; Rudolph and his mentor Robert Altman are of the few directors capable of working with such perceptive funny and warmly human results
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