.. copy-and-pasted from the official "Variety" magazine internet website.. review of the film "The Moment" .. which was supposed to have come out in the year 2013.. I haven't actually kept up with Jennifer Jason Leigh's acting career since then.. which I really, really should do.... film review written by Ronnie Scheib .. .. .. .. the film "The Moment", was directed by Jane Weinstock .. the screenplay was written by Gloria Norris and Jane Weinstock.. .. .. this is a very positive review of this film.. of the film "The Moment", directed by Jane Weinstock .. .. .. the review, written by Ronnie Scheib.. emphasizes Jennifer Jason Leigh's excellent performance in the film.. Jennifer Jason Leigh is only becoming a more and more compelling actress....

May 6, 2013 6:24pm PT Film Review: ‘The Moment’ Jennifer Jason Leigh is as radiant and uncompromising as ever in this convoluted and repetitive psychological thriller By Ronnie Scheib Plus Icon The Moment Jennifer Jason Leigh is as radiant and uncompromising as ever in the role of a guilt-ridden war photographer in the convoluted psychological mystery-thriller “The Moment.” This well-titled debut feature from helmer/co-writer Jane Weinstock indeed functions best from moment to moment, its characters interacting in a convincing present tense. Unfortunately, the film continually resists coherence or synthesis, with puzzles left unresolved amid multiplying possibilities and highly repetitive flashbacks, yielding a mystery that wearies rather than intrigues; as a result, none of the hypotheses offered here carries much weight or generates much suspense. Nevertheless, Leigh’s strong, enveloping performance alone should assure the film limited theatrical release. Moving back and forth in time to deliberately confusing effect, the film opens with shutterbug Lee (Leigh) at the home of her ex-boyfriend John (Martin Henderson) to pick up her cameras. But the house is eerily empty, abandoned mid-meal, with flies and decay all around. Lee reports the disappearance, which greatly disturbs her, to a curious police sergeant (Meat Loaf); later, at a photo exhibition in her honor, she has a mental breakdown, coming out of the bathroom nude and mute. Related Stories Photo illustration of a robot's hand holding a magnifying glass to the words "Veo 2" VIP+ Why AI Creatives Are Touting Google's Veo 2 as Best Video Generation Model MILAN, ITALY - JANUARY 17: James Norton attends the Brunello Cucinelli's "Break The Silence" event during Milan Fashion Week - Menswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 at Casa Cucinelli on January 17, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Levati/Getty Images for Brunello Cucinelli) 'House of the Dragon' Season 3 Casts James Norton as Ormund Hightower (EXCLUSIVE) Lee is bundled off to an upscale sanitarium by her solicitous ex-husband (Navid Negahban). There, she slowly begins to assemble the pieces of her past under the supportive, watchful eye of her psychiatrist (Marianne Jean-Baptiste, utterly credible). Lee keeps flashing back to the last evening she spent at John’s house, fearful she may have killed him, with slight variations on the same scenes suggesting different scenarios of guilt or innocence. Popular on Variety - When you go into a room like this, is there someone you're like, 01:17 02:33 The plot soon thickens with the arrival of her somewhat estranged daughter Jessie (Alia Shawkat), who resents the time Lee spends away from home covering wars, and who seems to be embroiled with all the men in her mother’s life, including fellow patient Peter (Henderson again), who bears an uncanny resemblance to John. An additional, somehow traumatic backstory — Lee’s trip to war-torn Somalia, accompanied by a beautiful woman interpreter — first intrudes at the exhibit and is later reprised at odd moments. Lee’s Somalia trip, it seems, was cut short by an explosion that sent her back, wounded, to a Stateside rehabilitation center, where she first met John. Weinstock gets the hard part right; Leigh is totally believable as a dedicated war correspondent of depth and talent, with years of experience surviving life-threatening conditions. But the character proves less compelling by the 15th flashback or so to the same scene, particularly after Weinstock has methodically auditioned almost every member of the cast, including Leigh herself, for the role of villain. Read More About: Bill Kong, Busan West Film Festival, Craig Gillespie, Donald O. Mitchell, Editors Guild, Fellowship And Service Award, Gary Knell, Jack White, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jessie Henderson, Joan Baez, John Martin, Justine Mitchell, Lee Thompson Young, Martin Henderson, Matterhorn, Motion Picture Editors Guild, Patrick Jane, Patti Smith, Peter Knell, Psychological Thriller, Rise of the Legend, Terry Curtin, The Moment, Timur Bekmambetov, Wong Fei-hung Film Review: ‘The Moment’ Reviewed at Tribeca Film Festival (Viewpoints), April 24, 2013. Running time: 92 MIN. Production: A Momentous Development presentation of a Next Weekend, Knit One production. (International sales: Preferred Content, Los Angeles.) Produced by Allan Jones, Jane Weinstock, James Welling, Gloria Norris, Mary Jane Skalski, Julia Eisenman. Co-producers, Amy Lippens, Stephanie Laffin, Terry Leonard. Executive producer, Michael F. Mitri. Crew: Directed by Jane Weinstock. Screenplay, Gloria Norris, Weinstock. Camera (color, HD), James Laxton; editors, Stan Salfas, Ruben Sebban; music, Nathan Larson; production designer, Tod Fjelsted; costume designer, Justine Seymour; sound, Amanda Beggs, Omar Barraza; supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer, Scott Kramer; casting, Amy Lippens, Stephanie Laffin. With: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Martin Henderson, Alia Shawkat, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Meat Loaf, Navid Negahban.