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Life During Wartime
2009
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 |
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| 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, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Kenneth Williams |
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| Director | Todd Solondz |
| Studio | FUSION MEDIA SALES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 36 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2009 To Rent: DVD: 21 Jun 2010 |
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Written and directed by Todd Solondz, this quirky comedy-drama is pretty darn depressing. read more »
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Certainly Todd Solondz's best film since HAPPINESS and, like that movie, both disturbing and very funny. The device of casting new actors is a double-... read more »
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First we found it difficult to wade through what seemed like hours of establishing who the characters were. From then on, we found the film uniformly depressing... read more »
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Is there life after this
Dissapointing and very hard work to watch, but it had its moments. Overall though dissapointing and you haven't missed much if you haven't seen it. One ... read more »
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How can anyone describe this as comedy?
I must be missing the point but this is possibly the worst film I have ever seen. Incomprehensible! I could perhaps have done with subtitles to interpret the ... read more »
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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 ...
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