The Grief of Others

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The Grief of Others
Directed byPatrick Wang
Screenplay byPatrick Wang
Based onThe Grief of Others
by Leah Hager Cohen
Produced byJim Cummings
Erich Lochner
Matt Miller
Patrick Wang
Benjamin Wiessner
StarringWendy Moniz
Trevor St. John
Rachel Dratch
Chris Conroy
Sonya Harum
Mike Faist
CinematographyFrank Barrera
Edited byElwaldo Baptiste
Music byAaron Jordan
Production
companies
In the Family
Vanishing Angle
Distributed byGrasshopper Film
Release date
  • March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15) (SXSW)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Grief of Others is a 2015 American tragedy film written and directed by Patrick Wang. It is based on the 2011 novel The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen. The film stars Wendy Moniz, Trevor St. John, Rachel Dratch, Chris Conroy, Sonya Harum, and Mike Faist.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 15, 2015.[1][3]

Awards & Nominations

Award Year Category Recipient Result Ref.
SXSW Film Festival 2015 Narrative Feature Patrick Wang Nominated [4]

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 12 critics' reviews are positive.[5] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[6]

On New York Times, Bilge Ebiri wrote that "It's an artful portrait of a world that refuses the order we try to impose on it when we close ourselves off to heartache, doubt and pain."[7] On Variety, Justin Chang wrote the film is "a delicate, elliptically structured portrait of six wounded souls coping with the aftermath of tragedy."[8]

On Los Angeles Times, Robert Abele said "Harder to miss, however, in every grainy 16mm shot and heartfelt performance is the movie's understated soul, as Wang guides us, sometimes awkwardly, usually touchingly, from isolation and secrets into understanding and connection."[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Justin Chang (2015-03-20). "'The Grief of Others' Review: Patrick Wang's Delicate Family Portrait". Variety. Archived from the original on 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  2. ↑ "Henry Gagliardi". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  3. ↑ "'The Grief of Others': Cannes Review". Hollywood Reporter. 2015-05-11. Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  4. ↑ "SXSW Film Awards Archive". SXSW. Retrieved 2026-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "The Grief of Others". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved August 27, 2025. Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ↑ "The Grief of Others". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved August 27, 2025.
  7. ↑ Ebiri, Bilge (November 2018). "Review: In 'The Grief of Others,' Mourning Becomes Eclectic". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  8. ↑ "SXSW Film Review: 'The Grief of Others'". 21 March 2015. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Review: 'The Grief of Others' is another example of Patrick Wang's restrained, soulful filmmaking". Los Angeles Times. November 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-02-18.