In the Land of Women
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Actor: Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart, Meg RyanBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
Published: 2007-10-01
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
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- Aspiring writer Carter Webb has just been dumped by his true love, Sophia. Heartbroken and depressed, Carter escapes Los Angeles to suburban Michigan to care for his ailing grandmother and to work on a book he has always wanted to write. Soon after his arrival, Carter stumbles into the lives of the family living directly across the street: Sarah Hardwicke, and her daughters, Paige and Lucy. His re
Movie Reviews of In the Land of Women
Movie Review: In my opinion, too many negative reviews from people that just don't understand
Summary: 5 Stars
In regards to In The Land Of Women I have found alot of people giving negative or so-so reviews. I mean no disrespect whatsoever but in my opinion the problem is they just didn't understand what the movie was when they went into it. It would be like me wanting to see a comedy but going to a horror movie and being upset that it wasn't funny. This film is very misunderstood, possibly in part by misadvertisement.
The script is not written to be a melodramatic piece or to tug at your heart strings as to bring tears to your eyes. It is not meant to be entirely laugh out loud funny or completely realistic. (People that comment on characters not acting in realistic ways always confuse me, just because you don't know people in real life that act a certain way doesn't mean there is no one who does). Though in this film I admit it is slightly hightened character interaction, I have yet to see a film that does not have at least one aspect of hightened reality, the interactions being what they are is what allows the film to be what writer John Kasdan had intended it to be.
In The Land Of Women is completely successful in acheiving it's purpose, exploring and commenting on human nature and characteristics. It was written as Kasdan's point of view on certain aspects of life that he wanted to explore and i think the combination of topics goes well enough together to represent things people similar to Kasdan will relate to and things we may not relate to but have thought about such as cancer. The film is a commentary on the writers perspective of different aspects of life and human nature. If people stopped looking at it as what they expected it to be and started looking at it as that I think they may come to appreciate it more. Though alot of people may not like this genre i wish i could watch more like it, it is so hard to find a movie that cohesively represents the writers intent. I spend alot of time analyzing my life and the world around me and appreciate being able to view a medium that represents someone elses point of view in that regard.
Sure the little girl was pretentious but the script points that out, sure it was hightened reality but when has a film not been hightened in some aspect. Sure the characters may not act in ways the majority of people will find logical but the script even points out that logical is only what we are used to and the characters themselves comment on feeling illogical in some of their actions and not understanding their feelings. Something i personally can relate to, who knows why we do and say certain things and when it is contrary to what is accepted as the norm why do we feel we are doing something wrong if it's what works for us. Also the term logically is all a matter of opinion since in my opinion most people don't act logically, and the characters actions are at least always a reaction or result of their emotions (emotions aren't always logical).
I appreciate this film for what it is and hope others do, it is aimed at an audience that thinks about life and the various aspects of it. It is a commentary on human nature that is at times funny and filled with moments derived from most peoples real lives. Similarly toned films include The Lookout and parts of Disturbia (though Disturbia feels more aimed at my adolescence days). Other good movies I have seen lately are Blood Diamond, American Gangster and No Country For Old Men (which was a good mixture of the better aspects of all four). Thanks.
Summary of In the Land of Women
Aspiring writer Carter Webb has just been dumped by his true love, Sophia. Heartbroken and depressed, Carter escapes Los Angeles to suburban Michigan to care for his ailing grandmother and to work on a book he has always wanted to write. Soon after his arrival, Carter stumbles into the lives of the family living directly across the street: Sarah Hardwicke, and her daughters, Paige and Lucy. His relationships with all of these women help Carter discover that what felt like an end was only just the beginning of something else...Jon Kasdan's directorial debut, In the Land of Women, is a touching romantic comedy portraying the love quandaries of a hip, Hollywood twenty-something to show how his fast-paced life as a porn screenwriter encourages the jaded attitude at the root of his angst. Carter Webb (Adam Brody) hangs out in a recognizable Los Feliz cafe, where in the opening scene he is dumped by his sultry Gap-model girlfriend. In hopes of salvaging his last ounce of creativity to pen a real story, Carter escapes to peaceful, suburban Michigan to care for his grandmother, Phyllis (Olympia Dukakis). Phyllis' death obsession, however, drives him outdoors, where he befriends neighbor Sarah Hardwicke (Meg Ryan) and her two daughters, Lucy (Kristen Stewart) and Paige (Mackenzie Vega). Bonding with both the more mature Sarah, sick with breast cancer, and the discombobulated teen Lucy, Carter redefines love with his new understanding of what it means to think about things other than one's self. Bright, crisp color and fairly natural lighting lends the film a contemporary feel, and the script is surprisingly unsentimental. Ryan's performance--less saccharine than some previous--along with Brody's wry character and Dukakis as a bitter dying woman, help the film to avoid corny melodrama so common to the genre. Unfortunately, the ending is too neatly tied up, but not enough to destroy what emotional poignancy the film has generated. Ultimately a critique of the vacant, superficial lifestyle that a life in Hollywood perpetuates, In the Land of Women leaves one wondering whether Kasdan's attraction to the script wasn't based on his own Los Angeles experiences. ?Trinie Dalton
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