All New People

Synopsis

In the dead of winter, at his wealthy friends' luxury Long Beach Island apartment, Charlie has hit rock bottom on his 35th birthday. Away from the rest of the world, this perfect escape is interrupted by a motley parade of misfits who show up and change his plans. A hired beauty, a fireman, and an eccentric British real estate agent desperately trying to stay in the country all suddenly find themselves tangled together in a beach house where the mood is anything but sunny, while Charlie just wishes they'd leave and let him get on with it.

Our Review:

Scott Purvis - 14 February 2012

Who would have thought that Zach Braff, Emmy nominated darling of American prime-time television and Grammy winning auteur of indie hit Garden State, would ever be standing on a stage in Glasgow? With his scrubs off and his serious face on, Braff's debut, All New People, is a quietly charming and shockingly funny addition to the new season.

Misery hates company. Alone and at the brink of suicide, Charlie weathers an emotional storm in Long Island beach house. Another winter in a summer town. Enter a zany Brit, a $15,000 prostitute and a fireman with a bag of cocaine, reshaping this tale of loneliness and self-accusation into one of community and solidarity.

Superlatives fail when describing Zach Braff. Receptive, responsive and ravishing, Braff's performance as suicidal mystery man Charlie spans the emotional spectrum. Exploding with impassioned frustration and collapsing with hopelessness, Braff's portrayal is sincere and heartfelt, even if the script allow...

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Tavie - 27 February 2012:

Braff's performance is nuanced and heartfelt...he dances gracefully with his cast...showing us a kind of depth only briefly glimpsed in previous performances. The humor is great fun. The pathos of the lives being lived moving and even gripping. I had a wonderful night....

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