Lovely and Amazing
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Actor: Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer, Raven Goodwin, Troy RuptashBrand: KEENER,CATHERINE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Lovely and Amazing
Movie Review: Maybe She Was A Good Swimmer
Summary: 5 Stars
It drives me mad to read reviews posted about this beautiful film that describe it as a chick-flick or a women's film or the most stomach-churning of them all, L.A.'s version of Sex and the City. Unbelievably narrow and blind to the universal (but uncomfortable) truths about all of us, men and women, that run through this remarkably written and performed film. Lovely and Amazing is one of my favourite films of the last 10 years because the writer and director, Nicole Holofcener is one of the very rare American directors who actually makes films about who we are and why we behave the way we do. In my opinion, she seems intensely interested in examining how human beings interact with each other and the oftentimes uncomfortable, awkward and disheartening compromises each one of us makes every day just to keep going. This has nothing to do with one gender or the other. There is nothing in Elizabeth's (Emily Mortimer's character) narcissism and self-absorption that doesn't ring true for myself and 90% of my friends (again - men and women) who are actors, writers, artists struggling to make a name for themselves. Catherine Keener's character, Michelle, and her sense of being lost and rudderless in the world seemingly filled with others her age who are focussed and achieving so much of what they always wanted, unfortunately reminds me of myself and my inability sometimes to deal with the real world. The way the Marks' daughters relate (and don't relate) to each other and their mother is so sensitively and realistically done I can only marvel at Holofcener's courage to put the truth right up there on the screen. Near the end of the film is a scene in a McDonald's (brilliant choice) between Catherine Keener and Raven Goodwin's characters - sisters who have never really understood each other. Their tenuous connection during this scene and the heartbreaking realization of Annie Marks (Goodwin) that her real mother may have been more than just one unpleasant thing - a drug addict - that she may have been a good swimmer - something Annie so very much wants to be, makes this scene one that I go back to in my mind almost every day. This scene is a revelation because it is so exquisitely written and played and because it speaks to every single one of us watching who has ever, for the sake of making ourselves feel better about who we are, described someone else as one thing - Oh, He's an actor; Oh, She's an alcoholic; Oh, He's old; Oh, She's a college dropout; Oh, He's a bitch. Yes. Sure. Maybe he/she is. But maybe she's a good swimmer.
As well.
Bravo to Nicole Holofcener. I eagerly await her 2009 project.
Summary of Lovely and Amazing
Portrays four women in one family trying to keep up with their lives.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 26-NOV-2002
Media Type: DVD
I didn't want this movie to end. Lovely & Amazing centers around two sisters--Michelle (Catherine Keener), a would-be artist, and Elizabeth (Emily Mortimer), a fledgling actress. Both are grappling with their mother's (Brenda Blethyn) going in for liposuction, the erratic behavior of their adopted sister (Raven Goodwin), and the flounderings of their love lives. Because her husband is having an affair, Michelle has a fling with a 17-year-old (Jake Gyllenhaal); meanwhile, Elizabeth breaks up with her sincere boyfriend (James LeGros) and falls into bed with a glib movie star (Dermot Mulroney). But no plot description will capture the exquisite pleasures of this movie; Lovely and Amazing is a superb kaleidoscope of moments, each new fragment shifting the whole into a new delightful pattern. The entire cast is outstanding; the script and direction of Nicole Holofcener (Walking and Talking) are subtle, funny, and sharply observed. --Bret Fetzer
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