An insightful, heart-rending/wrenching/ warming take on the besieged state of modern womanhood.
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06/28/02
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Lovely & Amazing (2002)
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Reviews Counted:113
Fresh:96
Rotten:17
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: The bitingly truthful Lovely & Amazing is a smart and perceptive female character study.
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... [More]
Starring: Catherine Keener, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer
Director: Nicole Holofcener
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Reviews for Lovely & Amazing
Top CriticI couldn't shake the feeling that half this movie was stolen from outtakes of A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy and Another Woman.
07/12/02
[Holofcener's] keen ear for dialogue is a double-edged sword: All of her characters turn insightful, sometimes even fascinating, phrases. But they never shut up.
07/26/02
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.
04/23/07
"Lovely's" strength lies in its ability to stress the unremarkable and make it interesting.
07/15/02
An astute, gemlike little movie.
07/19/02
A sharp, articulate study of why we say some of the things that we do and how our words and actions can be (mis)perceived by others.
07/21/02
We come to like these people, warts and all.
07/17/02
Top CriticThe movie comes across as some kind of cinematic therapy for the writer-director -- and she has a lot of emotional baggage to unpack.
07/11/02
Because the characters are more like collections of quirks than integrated personalities, you never quite understand why anyone does anything.
07/18/02
Transcends the 'chick flick' label with a touch so light and smart it never has to bother trying to win over your sympathies to either sex.
09/30/02
If this slice-of-life film was a home movie, these would be the parts you leave on the floor of your editing room.
07/25/02
One of the funniest and most endearing films of the year . . . it is difficult in an appearance-obsessed culture to go against the grain and find beauty within.
06/28/02
A chick flick of a particularly intelligent, ruthless, and loving sort.
07/19/02
Top CriticI guess it's what they call of slice-of-life movie, not that anyone would want to order a slice of the lives depicted.
06/26/02
Covering the bases, however, is not the same as offering new insights into fairly well-traveled psychosexual through-lines.
07/25/02
The feminine tone of “Lovely & Amazing” is not going to draw droves of guys, except to make points on a date.
07/02/02
Holofcener has a terrific ability to conjure breathing characters out of the quirks and ticks of human foibles
07/08/02
This is a fine, funny, humane film.
07/26/02
Top CriticHolofcener has crafted a comedy which acknowledges not just our neuroses about our bodies, but also the messy, ambivalent complexities of adult family relationships.
07/29/02
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