Lovely And Amazing details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener, Raven Goodwin, Clark Gregg, Emily Mortimer, Jake Gyllenhaal, Aunjanue Ellis |
| Director: | Nicole Holofcener |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | ORCHID |
| Name | Discs | |
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Lovely And Amazing |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 27 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 13 Jan 2003 |
| Main languages: | English |
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A smart comedy-drama with a strong cast
By Philip Concannon from London , 03 May 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
'Lovely and Amazing' is the second film from writer/director Nicole Holofcener. Like her debut 'Walking and Talking' it's an amusing, well written film which is a little lacking in depth.
Catherine Keener is trapped in a loveless marriage and is heading to an affair with her teenage boss. Her sister, Emily Mortimor is an actress who's paranoid about not being beautiful enough and their mother(Brenda Blethyn) is about to undergo liposuction.
With those three actresses it's hard to go too far wrong and Holofcener wisely lets them have plenty of room to develop their characters. They all respond with fine performances, Keener relishes the more caustic elements of the script and Blethyn makes the most of her screentime.
The real standout performance comes from Emily Mortimor as the neurotic actress. She is touchingly fragile and also has to perform a startlingly brave nude scene.
It's no masterpiece but it is fun and marks Holofcener out as one to watch.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(17)Utterly Dreadful
By a customer , 03 Dec 2012Awful and boring, it was like 3 weak subplots with no main story. Don't waste your time watching this movie- Was this review helpful to you?
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Like watching paint dry
By a customer , 15 Jan 2012If you like films that go no where, have pathetic lame characters and you regret losing 90mins of your life - this is the film for you.- Was this review helpful to you?
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lovely and amazing
By khandikane (52 reviews) from Sidcup , 16 May 2010I found this film a little pointless. Im not sure what the reason was to make it. Such a shame as I love Brenda Blethyn. Would give it a miss!- Was this review helpful to you?
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oh dear
By a customer from Worthing , 20 Jul 2009not much of a film.....- Was this review helpful to you?
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Definitely not amazing
By a customer from Purley , 19 Apr 2009I'm sure this film had potential, but did not fulfill it. It just seemed pointless and rambled on until it finished. Maybe that WAS the point: a depressive's view of life is like. Why was everyone so dysfunctional and self obsessed? I don't see why anyone should stump up money to make a film like this.
I suppose the only redeeming feature for a bloke is the chance to see Emily Mortimer get her kit off, but that was played in a deliberately self-effacing way - for which, Emily, well done. Brave stuff from her, but not worth it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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