Synopsis

Kate has a lot on her mind. There’s the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store. There’s the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter to want the expensive things that Kate wants. There’s the marriage problem of sharing a partnership in parenting, business, and life with her husband Alex but sensing doubt nibbling at the foundations. And there’s Kate’s free-floating 21st century malaise—the problem of how to live well and be a good person when poverty, homelessness, and sadness are always right outside the door. Plus, there’s the neighbors: cranky, elderly Andra and the two granddaughters who look after her. As Kate, Alex, and Abby interact with the people next door, with each other, and with their New York surroundings, a complex mix of animosity, friendship, deception, guilt, and love plays out with both sharp humor and pathos.

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Film Information

• Genre: Comedy
• Director: Nicole Holofcener
• Written By: Nicole Holofcener
• Starring: Catherine Keener , Amanda Peet , Oliver Platt , Rebecca Hall, Sarah Steel , and Ann Guilbert
• Running Time: 90 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: R for language, some sexual content and nudity
• Language: English
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Reviews

"Like a finely wrought short story, and it's all but perfect."

   - David Denby, The New Yorker

"It is, for the most part, witty and engrossing."

   - J. Hoberman, Village Voice

"Keener, so deliciously nasty in Holofcener's "Lovely and Amazing," is no less engaging here in what is, surprisingly, the film's least bitchy role."

   - Justin Chang, Variety

"Holofcener’s plotting can seem casual (many characters, no speeches pointing up the themes, no conventional climaxes), but her dialogue is smart, an oscillating mixture of abrasiveness and balm, of harsh satire and compassionate pullback."

   - David Edelstein, New York Magazine

Showtimes

• Friday, June 18th
  4:45 pm, 6:45 pm
• Saturday, June 19th
  12:45 pm, 2:45 pm, 4:45 pm, 6:45 pm
• Sunday, June 20th
  12:45 pm, 2:45 pm
• Monday, June 21st
  2:45 pm, 4:45 pm, 6:45 pm
• Tuesday, June 22nd
  4:45 pm, 6:45 pm
• Wednesday, June 23rd
  4:45 pm, 6:45 pm
• Thursday, June 24th
  4:45 pm, 6:45 pm
• Friday, June 25th
  4:30 pm
• Saturday, June 26th
  2:30 pm, 7:00 pm
• Sunday, June 27th
  12:00 pm
• Monday, June 28th
  7:00 pm
• Tuesday, June 29th
  4:30 pm
• Wednesday, June 30th
  4:30 pm
• Thursday, July 1st
  7:00 pm