Actor Mark Webber's directorial debut is an exercise in storytelling that attempts to meld of a series of short character pieces set in Philadelphia. All of the stories are decent, but none are great. There are moments where the actors are given their chance to shine, such as Rosario Dawson's heart-tugging breakdown sequence, but other castmembers are given little to do or never really explored at all. By the film's end, the stories are loosely connected and a message about national health care is not-so-subtly shoved down the audience's throat. What could have been a nice character piece with the proper ending winds up feeling pretentious and overtly self-important.

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