If you loved Time Out of Mind, try The Messenger

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Oren Moverman, and they both carry the gut punch mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Time Out of Mind, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Messenger is

A walking wake-up call arrives in olive drab, trying to locate kindness behind every knock at the wrong door. Will Montgomery and Captain Tony Stone spend days translating grief into official syllables while Montgomery falls into a quiet orbit with a widow who knows the weight of their visits better than either of them. The film finds its pulse when two strangers realize grief can be a language of its own.

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