Commandments (1996)
- Starring:
- Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox Arquette, (more)
- Director(s):
- Daniel Taplitz
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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In this dark comedy, Seth Warner (Aidan Quinn) is a good man having a run of bad luck. His pregnant wife disappeared in the ocean during a trip to the beach, a tornado destroyed his house while leaving everything else in the neighborhood untouched, his boss fired him, and he was struck by a bolt of lightning that also injured his dog. While recovering in the hospital, Seth comes to the conclusion that God has cursed him. His brother-in-law Harry (Anthony LaPaglia) thinks that this conclusion is absurd -- after all, Harry reasons, he violates five or six commandments every day before lunch, and things are just great with him. This notion puts a bug in Seth's ear, and when he gets out of the hospital, he decides to confront God by deliberately violating all ten commandments; he hopes to start by seducing Harry's wife, Rachel (Courteney Cox). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 88 mins
Complete Cast:
- Aidan Quinn - Seth Warner
- Anthony LaPaglia - Harry Luce
- Pamela Gray - Melissa Murphy
- Tom Aldredge - Mr. Mann
- Alice Drummond - Mrs. Mann
- Jack Gilpin - Gordon Bloom
- Courteney Cox Arquette - Rachel Luce
- Louis Zorich - Rudy Warner
- Pat McNamara - Police Chief
- Amy Sedaris - Scholar
- Kevin Dunn - David Ward
- Joanna Going - Karen Warner
- Director(s):
- Daniel Taplitz
- Writer(s):
- Daniel Taplitz
- Producer(s):
- Joe Medjuck, Daniel Goldberg, Michael Chinich
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Nudity, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor, Adult Situations)
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