It's not every actress who can drown a kitten within the first 20 minutes of a film and still manage to hold the audience's sympathy, but this is exactly what Zooey Deschanel pulls off in this first feature from playwright Adam Rapp. Deschanel plays Reese, the only child of the celebrated novelists Don Holden (Ed Harris) and his recently deceased wife, Mary. Having fought her whole life for the attention of her two famous parents who seemed far more committed to their work and each other rather than to raising a child, Reese is now trying to make her way as an actress in New York City, scoring a supporting part in an avant-garde production of
A Winter's Tale w...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
98 mins