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Directed by | Neal Slavin |
Produced by | Robert A. Miller, Michael R. Bloomberg, and Neal Slavin |
Screenplay by | Kendrew Lascelles |
Based on |
Focus by Arthur Miller |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Juan Ruiz Anchía |
Edited by |
Tariq Anwar David B. Cohn |
Distributed by | Paramount Classics |
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Running time
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106 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $645,418 |
Focus is a 2001 film, starring William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer, and Meat Loaf based on a 1945 novel by playwright Arthur Miller.
In the waning months of World War II, a man is mistakenly identified as a Jew by his antisemitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, he finds himself aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.
Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 56% based on 81 reviews, with the site's consensus "Though full of good intentions, Focus somehow feels dated, and pounds away its points with a heavy hand."