With all the potential of becoming a great movie, 13 conversations came up to the plate and struck out. The movie tells 4 different stories, each in different time frames with the goal of showing that the stories connect to form something greater (at least that's what I think was the directors intent). Each story was not a symbol for something, or did not add a piece to the puzzle; just some random tale that coincidentally intertwines with the other stories being told.
In reading other reviews, it is obvious that even fans of the movie do not understand the meaning of this movie. I am not sure that the director understands the meaning of this movie. There is only one possible reason for this. The movie has no meaning, just random stories, about random people that live ordinary lives. The people only connect or intertwine here and there, and even the way they do connect is of no significance whatsoever. The stories do not combine to form something greater.
Perhaps they should have skipped a theatrical release for 13 conversations and put it on day time television with all the other soap opera's, where it would have fit right in.
In reading other reviews, it is obvious that even fans of the movie do not understand the meaning of this movie. I am not sure that the director understands the meaning of this movie. There is only one possible reason for this. The movie has no meaning, just random stories, about random people that live ordinary lives. The people only connect or intertwine here and there, and even the way they do connect is of no significance whatsoever. The stories do not combine to form something greater.
Perhaps they should have skipped a theatrical release for 13 conversations and put it on day time television with all the other soap opera's, where it would have fit right in.