Holofcener has crafted a comedy which acknowledges not just our neuroses about our bodies, but also the messy, ambivalent complexities of adult family relationships.
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07/29/02
Lovely & Amazing (2002)
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Reviews Counted:113
Fresh:96
Rotten:17
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: The bitingly truthful Lovely & Amazing is a smart and perceptive female character study.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Academy-Award nominated actresses Catherine Keener ("Being John Malkovich") and Brenda Blethyn ("Secrets & Lies") star in Nicole Holofcener's follow-up feature to her critically acclaimed debut... [More]
Starring: Catherine Keener, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Reviews for Lovely & Amazing
Top CriticBy the end of it all I sort of loved the people onscreen, even though I could not stand them. Perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter. It's not an easy one to review.
09/09/02
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08/06/02
Top CriticI couldn't shake the feeling that half this movie was stolen from outtakes of A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy and Another Woman.
07/12/02
An insightful, heart-rending/wrenching/ warming take on the besieged state of modern womanhood.
06/28/02
[Holofcener's] keen ear for dialogue is a double-edged sword: All of her characters turn insightful, sometimes even fascinating, phrases. But they never shut up.
07/26/02
Has a lovely feel, interactions that are real & unafraid to broach life's insecurities -- ie: personal appearance from hair to body fat. However, doesn't add up to amazing.
04/23/07
"Lovely's" strength lies in its ability to stress the unremarkable and make it interesting.
07/15/02
An astute, gemlike little movie.
07/19/02
A sharp, articulate study of why we say some of the things that we do and how our words and actions can be (mis)perceived by others.
07/21/02
We come to like these people, warts and all.
07/17/02
The movie comes across as some kind of cinematic therapy for the writer-director -- and she has a lot of emotional baggage to unpack.
07/11/02
Because the characters are more like collections of quirks than integrated personalities, you never quite understand why anyone does anything.
07/18/02
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