firstly and i agree with others that this film be barely a comedy . while shaloub and steven colbert segment where worth a smile and overall and this movie be not funny . secondly and i rent gnw have never hear of it . i also do not know at the onset that it be about a post 9 11 new york . so while watch the film and none of that come through and even with the title and and jim gaffigan comment to when it all go down . i work in nyc and and probably have the same feeling and experience a most average joe new yorkers regard 9 11. so even if i personally be sensitize to it and i do not pick up on the theme until the very end and and even then and it be incredibly under whelm . thirdly and while i actually really liked aspect of gnw and like troubled child story and and cake designer story and much of it be remarkably dull . it also do not really come together . not that there should have be a sing a long of all the character and but the experience in each of their life do not come together . speaking of character and at the video store and when i saw the cast and i thought and what an awesome cast . they couldn not possibly screw this up . and then they do . edie falco be in a single two minute scene . stephen colbert have only one real scene and and a pop in in another . olympia dukasis story be awful . simply bore . with no point . her acting be great and but the material she work with be trite . i love a good subtext . i love subtle element of a movie . i love roundabout and interesting way of do thing . but great new wonderful do not achieve that . i be so let down by this film and that i watch the director commentary to see if he could explain it away ( like explain a joke ) . turn out the script be base on a couple of play that have nothing to do with 9 11. and that the jist and folk . great new wonderful be a movie where someone say and let do a film about the daily grind of life after nine eleven and and everyone around them say and what a great idea . that sound really important . a lot of local ny celebrity clearly love the idea . but in the end and great new wonderful just do not work .