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  • Diminished Capacity
  • Opened July 4, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 32 min.
  • NR
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. Read More
  • How much is a good memory worth? That's the question that faces newspaper editor Cooper (Matthew Broderick) after a debilitating concussion takes him from the political pages to comic strip detail. Looking for answers, he travels home to Missouri Read More
  • Cast: Matthew Broderick, Virginia Madsen, Alan Alda, Dylan Baker, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Lois Smith, Jack Sabato
  • Director: Terry Kinney
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Comedy

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  • Virginia Madsen as Charlotte in "Diminished Capacity."
  • Matthew Broderick as Cooper and Alan Alda as Rollie in "Diminished Capacity."
  • Director Terry Kinney on the set of "Diminished Capacity."
  • Matthew Broderick as Cooper in "Diminished Capacity."
  • Matthew Broderick as Cooper and Virginia Madsen as Charlotte in "Diminished Capacity."
  • Jim True-Frost as Donny Prine and Louis CK as Big Stan in "Diminished Capacity."
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Diminished Capacity Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly |

    The result is fairly silly slapstick, but Alda, hair disheveled and brow knit...

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Jan Stuart

    All of the actors convey the ebullience of old friends convening for an...

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    A road movie that never really takes off.

  • 50
    The Onion A.V. Club | Noel Murray

    Broderick, Alda, and Madsen are all fine--and Alda has some poignant moments as...

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