A pair of siblings are forced to set aside their discomfort with one another for the sake of their father in this low-key comedy drama from writer/director Tamara Jenkins. Wendy Savage (Laura Linney) is a struggling playwright living in New York City who works a day job to support herself and can't shake the feeling that she's failed as an artist. Wendy isn't especially happy about her love life either, gaining little self-esteem from her on-and-off affair with oversexed, married neighbor Larry (Peter...more
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85 out of 100 Metascore®
Universal acclaim
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Excellent character driven story. by Matinee Mike The movie does not hit you over the head with sappy generalizations regarding the relationship between children caring for ailing parents. The story portrays...
Painful Upbeat by filmbuff60 Dealing with life issues is never convenient. The characters in this movie, wonderfully portrayed by Linney and Hoffman, reluctantly deal with their fading...
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