Living Out Loud

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Living Out Loud

R

1998

1h 33m

Comedy

Drama

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After being unceremoniously dumped by her husband, 40-something divorcée Judith Moore (Holly Hunter) tries to make sense of her new existence. She becomes friends with Pat Francato (Danny DeVito), the elevator operator in her high-rise apartment building, who is having marital problems of his own. She also dabbles in a new romance with an attractive masseur, and lets loose in a nightclub ruled by a torch singer, Liz Bailey (Queen Latifah), with whom she soon connects.

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Critics Consensus

Unoriginal, with one-dimensional characters.

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Daniel M. Kimmel

Variety

Apr 27, 2005

This feminist comedy shot through with fantasies about the travails of newly single womanhood strikes some rich chords, but doesn't quite put together a complete tune.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3.5/4

What I enjoyed in Living Out Loud was the comfort of these lives flowing briefly in the same stream. The sense that the unexpected was free to enter the story, and would not be shouldered aside by the demands of conventional plotting.

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Oct 4, 2023

3.5/4

“Living Out Loud” is one of the most fun romantic dramedies of the year.

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Betty Jo Tucker

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Jul 12, 2013

'Living Out Loud' presents the delightful surprise of Danny DeVito as a romantic lead. And he also sings!

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Sean Axmaker

Seattle Weekly

Apr 30, 2007

... made up of magical moments of revelation that are the film's strength as well as its ultimate weakness.

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Maria Garcia

Film Journal International

Mar 28, 2006

If you live in Manhattan, you know women like Judith (Holly Hunter), the 40-something, Upper East Side divorce who put her ex-husband through medical school.

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R T

@RT82979039 Jun 14, 2026

Truly one of my favorite movies. Devito puts in a sensitive and touching performance, as does Hunter. Watch with an open mind and I think you'll love it too.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 22, 2025

Funny in 1 hour and 33 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $12,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Feb 21, 2021

The greatest movie about jazz and their singers singing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Oct 14, 2015

Great movie, great acting, great music, deeply moving, relatable... Holly Hunter superbly understated and brilliant-check out the disco scene. The low ratings here and elsewhere which this movie got are baffling to everyone I know that has seen it. So, if you care about what this site thinks, more than what people like you may thing, skip it, but I don't suggest that you do so.

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Aug 23, 2015

One of the worst feminist films I have ever seen.

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Mar 29, 2015

This is a wonderful film particularly for women who are coming into there own when life really hits

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Richard LaGravenese

Director

Holly Hunter

Judith Moore

Danny DeVito

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Queen Latifah

Liz Bailey

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Synopsis

After being unceremoniously dumped by her husband, 40-something divorcée Judith Moore (Holly Hunter) tries to make sense of her new existence. She becomes friends with Pat Francato (Danny DeVito), the elevator operator in her high-rise apartment building, who is having marital problems of his own. She also dabbles in a new romance with an attractive masseur, and lets loose in a nightclub ruled by a torch singer, Liz Bailey (Queen Latifah), with whom she soon connects.

Director: Richard LaGravenese
Producer: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Screenwriter: Richard LaGravenese
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: New Line Cinema, Jersey Films
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 15, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.9M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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