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2009 Certificate TBC
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Separated from her incarcerated husband Bill (Hinds), Trish (Janney) is about to be married again. Bill is a pedophile, so Trish couldn't be more excited to have Harvey (Lerner), a "normal" father figure for her two sons. But when Bill is released from prison and the boys finally meet their future stepdad, the family is forced .. Read more

Starring Ally Sheedy, Gaby Hoffmann, Allison Janney, Ciarán Hinds
Director Todd Solondz
Genres Comedy, Drama

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Life During Wartime

Separated from her incarcerated husband Bill (Hinds), Trish (Janney) is about to be married again. Bill is a pedophile, so Trish couldn't be more excited to have Harvey (Lerner), a "normal" father figure for her two sons. But when Bill is released from prison and the boys finally meet their future stepdad, the family is forced to decide whether to forgive or to forget. Trish's sister, the virginal, angelic Joy (Henderson), is also haunted by ghosts of lovers past. On leave from her degenerate husband, Allen (Williams), and her job at a New Jersey correctional facility, Joy unwittingly leaves behind a trail of shame and exposed secrets wherever she goes. In one of the film's most stylized sequences, the image of Joy walking the dark streets of Miami in her nightgown maintains her innocence against a backdrop of self-affliction and desire.

Starring Ally Sheedy, Gaby Hoffmann, Allison Janney, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Marquette, Paul Reubens
Director Todd Solondz
Run time DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
Certificate Certificate TBC
Genres Comedy, Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: not available
Production year: 2009
Format DVD

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    Reviewed at the Venice Film Festival 2009 Many may see the latest from American provocateur Todd Solondz as something... read more on Time Out

    • David Jenkins, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 19 Sep 2009

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      Separated from her incarcerated husband Bill (Hinds), Trish (Janney) is about to be married again. Bill is a pedophile, so Trish couldn't be more excited to have Harvey (Lerner), a "normal" father figure for her two sons. But when Bill is released from prison and the boys finally meet their future ...