Story :The lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a housecleaner, a professor, and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.
Cast
Matthew McConaugheyTroy
John TurturroWalker
Clea DuVallBeatrice
Amy IrvingPatricia
Alan ArkinGene
David ConnollyOwen
Joseph SiravoBureau Chief
A.D. MilesCo-Worker
Sig LibowitzAssistant Attorney
James YaegashiLegal Assistant
Dion GrahamDefense Attorney
Fernando LópezDefendant
Brian SmiarJudge
Paul AustinBartender
Allie Woods Jr.Cab Driver
Barbara SukowaHelen
Rob McElhenneyAspiring Medical Student
Avery GlymphIntelligent Student
Elizabeth ReaserYoung Woman in Class
Deirdre LovejoyStudent Teacher
Barbara AndresNeighbor
William SeversDoctor
Joel Marsh GarlandMover
Tia TexadaDorrie
Peggy GormleyBea's Mother
Malcolm GetsArchitect
Miles ThompsonNeighborhood Boy
Robertson CarricartPastor
Joe ChappelChoir Member
Phyllis CurranChoir Member
Richard EricksonChoir Member
Julia EricksonChoir Member
Kent K.B. HansonChoir Member
William LutzChoir Member
Jos MiltonChoir Member
Beth ShaneChoir Member
Tobin SchmuckChoir Member
Dorothy ScholzChoir Member
Emma-Jane StokelyChoir Member
Yoshisuke YamadaChoir Member
Frankie FaisonDick Lacey
William WiseWade Bowman
Shawn ElliottMickey Wheeler
Alex BurnsRonnie
James MurtaughLew Kincannon
Richard CouncilDel Strickland
Walt MacPhersonDonald
Leo V. Finnie IIIPete
Daryl EdwardsGlenn
Charlie SchroederYoung Finance Manager
Robert ColstonSales Manager
Gammy SingerGene's Secretary
Melissa MaxwellDel's Receptionist
Eliza Pryor NagelRonnie's Roommate
Jeff RobinsFreeloader
Victor TruroCoffee Shop Counterman
Paul KlementowiczPublic Defender
Phyllis BashJudge
Peter McCabeCourt Clerk
Christian PabonTeenager on Subway
Cameron StevensYoung Man in Courthouse (uncredited)