Please Give (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 19, 2010
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt & Rebecca Hall | |
Performer: | Josh Pais, Sarah Steele, Scott Cohen, Lois Smith, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Amy Wright, Kevin Corrigan & Paul Sparks | |
Directed by | Nicole Holofcener | |
Edited by | Robert Frazen | |
Screenwriting by | Nicole Holofcener | |
Composition by | Marcelo Zarvos | |
Produced by | Anthony Bregman | |
Director of Photography: | Yaron Orbach |
Entertainment Reviews:
The most underrated American director this side of Richard Linklater, Nicole Holofcener, continues to be a master of The Moment: a tiny but meaningful exchange or look or gesture that conveys more emotion than any awards-bait monologue could.
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The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
3.5 stars out of 4 -- [A] wry, wistful portrait of contemporary urban manners...
Washington Post
In another director's hands, this subject might have been rife with sanctimony. Instead, Holofcener has made a sly, urbane comedy with several smart actresses who make her acerbic dialogue lively and believable, character-driven.
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KQED (San Francisco)
Rating: A- --
Funny at times, Please Give is a surprisingly heartwarming coming-of-age film for six adults all passing through different stages of heir life.
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Reel Talk Online
Think of PLEASE GIVE as a finely tuned short story with every glance and gesture full of suggestive meaning.
Hollywood Reporter
This gorgeous film, always tender and sometimes dark, is a deeply resonant comic drama that's concerned with nothing less than life, death, love, sex, guilt and the urban logic of mortality.
Wall Street Journal
Rating: 4/5 --
You have to be smart and funny and really aware of yourself to write and direct a film like this, which is exactly what director Nicole Holofcener is.
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Movies.com
Product Description:
A family looking for some extra space gets drawn into a difficult relationship with the folks next door in this comedy drama from writer and director Nicole Holofcener. Kate (Catherine Keener) and Alex (Oliver Platt) are a couple living in New York City who run a successful store specializing in vintage furniture. Kate and Alex have a teenage daughter, Abby (Sarah Steele) and their apartment is starting to feel a bit small for the three of them; Kate and Alex own the unit next door to them, and once the flat becomes vacant, they plan to knock out a wall and take over the space. However, Andra (Ann Morgan Guilbert), their tenant, is an elderly woman with a poor disposition who doesn't seem eager to go anywhere soon, and it's occurred to Kate and Alex that they're probably going to have wait for her to die, since evicting her would be very awkward. Hoping to make the best of the situation, Kate tries to strike up a friendship with Andra and her fiercely protective granddaughter Rebecca (Rebecca Hall), but Andra isn't especially interested in making new friends, and Rebecca's sister, Mary (Amanda Peet), isn't much easier to deal with. Kate and Alex are also struggling to communicate with Abby, who has her own issues regarding self-image. PLEASE GIVE received its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.