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Lovely & Amazing

2001, Movie, R, 91 mins

LOVELY & AMAZING
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"Lovely" is an apt description of this warm, funny and often brutally honest profile of an aging divorcee and her three very different daughters. But the general lack of thematic focus and an under-explored central character prevent Nicole Holofcener's second feature from being truly amazing. Jane Marks (Brenda Blethyn), a vain, somewhat frivolous suburban housewife, bid her husband farewell while daughters Elizabeth and Michelle were still young; when they were grown, Jane t... read more leave a comment
Year: 2001
Rated R

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Cast
Catherine Keener: Michelle Marks
Brenda Blethyn: Jane Marks
Emily Mortimer: Elizabeth Marks
Raven Goodwin: Annie Marks
Aunjaue Ellis: Lorraine
Clark Gregg: Bill

 

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