November is a
psychological thriller film first screened at the 2004
Sundance Film Festival (see
2004 in film). It stars
Courteney Cox as Sophie, a photographer whose life begins to unravel following a traumatic incident on November 7 that involved her boyfriend, played by
James LeGros. The film co-stars
Michael Ealy as a co-worker of Sophie's,
Nora Dunn as her psychiatrist, and
Anne Archer as her mother.
Nick Offerman plays a police officer investigating the incident, while
Matthew Carey has a role as a robber of a convenience store.
The low-budget
independent film was directed by
Greg Harrison, written by
Benjamin Brand and Harrison, and produced by
Danielle Renfrew and
Gary Winick.
Sony Pictures Classics released it to theaters in the United States on July 22, 2005 (see
2005 in film), and while its award-winning
digital video photography was praised, many reviews criticised the film's story for being too ambiguous and derivative of other pictures. Critics have compared it to the work of film-makers such as
David Lynch and
M. Night Shyamalan.
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