The New Age (film)

The New Age is a 1994 comedy-drama film written and directed by Michael Tolkin, and starring Peter Weller and Judy Davis.

Plot
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find meaning to their empty lives, they follow various New Age gurus and other such groups. Eventually, they hit rock bottom and have to make some hard decisions.

Release
The film opened on September 16, 1994, in New York (Village East Cinema and Sony Tower East) and Los Angeles, and grossed $35,797 for the weekend. It expanded to 12 screens and grossed a total of $245,217.

Reception
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it three and a half out of four stars.

Year-end lists

 * 5th – Peter Rainer, Los Angeles Times
 * 9th – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
 * Honorable mention – Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News