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Lovely & Amazing (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 112

Fresh: 95

Rotten:17

Average Rating: 7.3/10

Consensus: The bitingly truthful Lovely & Amazing is a smart and perceptive female character study.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jun 28, 2002 Limited

Box Office: $4,186,931

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...

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 "Walking and Talking." A finely observed comedy, LOVELY & AMAZING is an intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. Jane Marks (Blethyn) is the matriarch of a confused trio of daughters that seems to have nothing in common, except for a peculiar sort of idealism -- a heady brew of vanity, insecurity and humor. Former homecoming queen Michelle (Keener), the eldest daughter, is in a loveless marriage with a spouse who does not appreciate her decidedly obscure artistic endeavors. Younger sister Elizabeth (Emily Mortimer), an insecure actress whose career is beginning to take off, compulsively takes home stray dogs, saving them whether or not they need to be saved.

Only the youngest sister, Annie, an adopted African American eight-year old, seems to stand a chance at rising above the family's legacy. But on the threshold of what promises to be a confusing adolescence, Annie has developed a preoccupation with her appearance -- natural enough for a pre-teen-- but given her adoptive family's history, quite possibly a hint of what's to come.

Each of the women seeks redemption in her own haphazard way, but whatever salvation they find is illusory and shortlived. [More]

Starring: Catherine Keener, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer

Starring: Catherine Keener, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer, Raven Goodwin, Dermot Mulroney, James LeGros

Director: Nicole Holofcener

Director: Nicole Holofcener
Screenwriter: Nicole Holofcener
Producer: Ted Hope, Anthony Bregman, Eric D'Arbeloff
Composer: Craig Richey
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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Has a lovely feel, interactions that are real & unafraid to broach life's insecurities -- ie: personal appearance from hair to body fat. However, doesn't add up to amazing.

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Tony Medley
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Captures the body-image insecurities of women while delving more than skin-deep into her characters' psyches.

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06/25/04
Judith Egerton
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Not long enough to be a ‘message movie’, but insightful enough to hold our attention while exploring the lives of these characters.

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05/13/03
Wilson Morales
BlackFilm.com

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.

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03/26/03
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

A refreshing reminder that not every movie about women must be a hollow, empty, self-indulgent 'chick flick.'

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01/28/03
Mark Dujsik
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"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

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01/10/03
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01/10/03
Nick Davis
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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.

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12/16/02
Robert Roten
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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.

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12/14/02
Karina Montgomery
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I can't think of a bad scene in the entire film.

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12/08/02
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