Lovely and Amazing R
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 26, 2002
- Originally Released: 2002
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Jake Gyllenhaal, Catherine Keener & Brenda Blethyn | |
Performer: | Emily Mortimer, Raven Goodwin, Dermot Mulroney & James Le Gros | |
Directed by | Nicole Holofcener | |
Screenwriting by | Nicole Holofcener | |
Composition by | Craig Richey | |
Produced by | Ted Hope, Anthony Bregman & Eric D'Arbeloff | |
Director of Photography: | Harlan Bosmajian | |
Executive Production by | Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente & Michael Kafka |
Entertainment Reviews:
...Painfully funny and touching....Catherine Keener sparks the film....Its true to life...
Rolling Stone
...The film succeeds in finding bittersweet human poetry amidst all the failed striving, misgivings, and resignation...
Film Comment
Rating: 4/5 --
Despite the heavy subject matter, the film is packed full of wry observations that are crystalized by a stellar performance from Catherine Keener.
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The List
Rating: 3.5/4 --
A film of this sort demands superb, seemingly effortless acting, and Holofcener gets it at every turn.
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Miami Herald
...Smart and observant....Ms. Holofcener's sharp, witty dialogue shows an ear acutely tuned to the edgy competitive nuances of contemporary banter...
New York Times
Rating: 4/5 --
Mature story about relationships and family.
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Common Sense Media
Rating: 2/4 --
Has a lovely feel, interactions that are real & unafraid to broach life's insecurities -- ie: personal appearance from hair to body fat. However, doesn't add up to amazing.
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Product Description:
With a handful of dry one-liners that pepper the script with much-needed comic relief, LOVELY & AMAZING takes a glimpse at the everyday lives of three sisters and their middle-aged mom. Michelle (Catherine Keener) is the eldest sister. She is an artist that makes tiny chairs out of twigs and moss, but cannot seem to find a market for them. Her husband, who grows more distant daily, nags her to get a real job. The light of her life is her 8-year-old daughter, but even there, she seems to cling to an ideal vision of motherhood that she has not yet achieved. Her sister Elizabeth (Emily Mortimer), an actress, struggles to overcome insecurities about her looks and has a bad habit of collecting stray dogs. Annie (Raven Goodwin), is their adopted African American sister who is 8 years old, overweight, and feels out of place. Jane (Brenda Blethlyn), their mother, is loving but self-centered, and she is hospitalized throughout the film because of a botched liposuction surgery. Writer/Director Nicole Holofcener (WALKING AND TALKING) imbues the film with an unflinching frankness, banking hard situations and discouraging pitfalls against the stability of this closely-knit middle-class family. No matter how horrible life seems, the family is there as an indestructible safety net.
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Product Info
- UPC: 031398815228
- Shipping Weight: 0.29/lbs (approx)
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