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05/13/03
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
After this, you'd like to think that the studios might let Holofcener turn her attention to a few more US TV shows. They need talents like her.
03/26/03
A refreshing reminder that not every movie about women must be a hollow, empty, self-indulgent 'chick flick.'
01/28/03
"Lovely and Amazing is a story about real people. These people are insecure about their lives. They aren’t convinced that there’s some inner beauty about them. They see themselves as I suspect most people do, mostly for the flaws. However, these are still
01/10/03
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01/10/03
Another one of those estrogen overdose movies like "Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood," except that the writing, acting and character development are a lot better.
12/16/02
All of us wish we could feel we are lovely & amazing, if only to one person. It's about this wish, and about how we prevent it as well.
12/14/02
I can't think of a bad scene in the entire film.
12/08/02
Everyone’s insecure in Lovely and Amazing, a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers, daughters and their relationships.
11/16/02
A brutal and funny work. Nicole Holofcenter, the insightful writer/director responsible for this illuminating comedy doesn't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully.
11/11/02
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10/21/02
A startling film, beautifully crafted by a filmmaker with a hunger to tell the truth.
10/15/02
“Lovely and Amazing” is about real people. Its characters are human, with all that implies.
10/15/02
Transcends the 'chick flick' label with a touch so light and smart it never has to bother trying to win over your sympathies to either sex.
09/30/02
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09/18/02
...sort of comes off like a Mike Leigh film absent the excoriating honesty
09/12/02
This humorous probe into the lives of four members of an unusual family hits all the right body spots.
08/24/02
Beautifully acted, especially by Catherine Keener, Lovely and Amazing is indeed a little lovely, a little amazing and completely satisfying.
08/14/02
A wonder, a quiet movie filled with subtle truths and scenes of power and authenticity.
08/12/02
Darkly funny and affecting story.
08/09/02
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