Multiple Sarcasms

Multiple Sarcasms is a 2010 American drama film starring Timothy Hutton, Mira Sorvino, Stockard Channing, Dana Delany and Mario Van Peebles.^[1] It was sold at the European Film Market on February 6, 2009 and was released in the United States May 7, 2010.

Multiple Sarcasms
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Brooks Branch
Written by	Brooks Branch Linda Morris
Produced by	Chris Bongirne
Starring	Timothy Hutton Mira Sorvino Stockard Channing Dana Delany Chris Sarandon Mario Van Peebles
Cinematography	Jacek Laskus
Edited by	Plummy Tucker
Music by	George J. Fontenette
Production company	Multiple Avenue Releasing
Distributed by	Multiple Avenue Releasing
Release dates	April 8, 2010 (2010-04-08) (Dallas International Film Festival) May 7, 2010 (2010-05-07) (United States)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Gabriel (Timothy Hutton) is a man who, on the surface, has a perfect life: successful career as an architect, a beautiful wife, and a devoted young daughter. However, he realizes that he is not really happy. He decides to write a play about the sorry state of his life. After being fired from his job, he gets a pushy literary agent friend to represent him and starts writing. Eventually, his life does change.

Cast

• Timothy Hutton as Gabriel
• Mira Sorvino as Cari
• Stockard Channing as Pamela
• Dana Delany as Annie
• Chris Sarandon as Larry
• Mario Van Peebles as Rocky
• Aileen Quinn as School Secretary
• Eric Sheffer Stevens as Gabriel (Stage)
• India Ennenga as Elizabeth
• Joan Jett as herself

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 9% of 22 critics' reviews are positive.^[2] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 35 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.^[3]