"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 took the unusual step of adopting Annie (Raven Goodwin), a young African American foster-child. Warm-hearted but hopelessly insecure aspiring actress Elizabeth (Emily Mortimer), the middle daughte...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
91 mins