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Reverential and offbeat, the road trip film Private lives of Pippa Lee takes emotional detours and is elevated by great performances, particularly that of Robin Wright-Penn.
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As a woman under the influence of everyone but herself, Pippa often feels lost when she's on her own - a blank slate with no one holding a chalk - Robin Wright Penn allows us to get to know a character who still doesn't really know herself. Jul 4, 2010 | Rating: 7.1/10 | Full Review…
As a woman under the influence of everyone but herself, Pippa often feels lost when she's on her own - a blank slate with no one holding a chalk - Robin Wright Penn allows us to get to know a character who still doesn't really know herself.
Ian Buckwalter
There's a deliberate quality to the storytelling that makes the movie drag in many scenes; and yet, numerous characters flit by that we don't have time to really meet. Feb 26, 2010 | Rating: 2/4
There's a deliberate quality to the storytelling that makes the movie drag in many scenes; and yet, numerous characters flit by that we don't have time to really meet.
Rene Rodriguez
A superb performance by Robin Wright Penn illuminates Rebecca Miller's intelligent and revealing look at the inner wild child beneath a 50-ish Connecticut matron. Jan 15, 2010 | Full Review…
A superb performance by Robin Wright Penn illuminates Rebecca Miller's intelligent and revealing look at the inner wild child beneath a 50-ish Connecticut matron.
Jonathan F. Richards
Awkward in ways both intended and not. Dec 4, 2009 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Awkward in ways both intended and not.
Liam Lacey
By turns antic, frantic, and dull, Pippa Lee is unconvincing -- emotionally, dramatically, filmically. Dec 4, 2009 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
By turns antic, frantic, and dull, Pippa Lee is unconvincing -- emotionally, dramatically, filmically.
Peter Rainer
Miller has created a witty satire about society and relationships that is both funny and heartbreaking, delivered by a first-rate cast. Dec 4, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Miller has created a witty satire about society and relationships that is both funny and heartbreaking, delivered by a first-rate cast.
Linda Barnard
There is an episodic quality to the film that doesn't quite work, but Robin Wright Penn's strong central performance and Miller's capable screenplay deftly navigate the familiar trajectory of the story. Aug 5, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
There is an episodic quality to the film that doesn't quite work, but Robin Wright Penn's strong central performance and Miller's capable screenplay deftly navigate the familiar trajectory of the story.
Matthew Lucas
A feel-good film, both disconcerting and rewarding on all fronts. Aug 12, 2010 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A feel-good film, both disconcerting and rewarding on all fronts.
Perri Nemiroff
... for once in a [Rebecca] Miller film, the chuckles are generally intentional ... Feb 5, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
... for once in a [Rebecca] Miller film, the chuckles are generally intentional ...
Jim Lane
Penn is such an intelligent performer that it's easy for us to believe everyone else in the film sees a different side -- a different life -- of the enigmatic Pippa Lee -- and that there are still many other sides to this fascinating character... Jan 22, 2010 | Rating: 3/4
Penn is such an intelligent performer that it's easy for us to believe everyone else in the film sees a different side -- a different life -- of the enigmatic Pippa Lee -- and that there are still many other sides to this fascinating character...
Chris Hewitt
Robin Wright Penn gives an award-caliber performance in the title role of a woman trying to find her place in the scheme of things after moving with her older husband to a retirement village in suburban Connecticut. Dec 25, 2009 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Robin Wright Penn gives an award-caliber performance in the title role of a woman trying to find her place in the scheme of things after moving with her older husband to a retirement village in suburban Connecticut.
Marc Mohan
All the midnight bulimic binges, suicide attempts, sleepwalking, marital chicanery, and little pills don't mean a thing compared to the thrill of being a middle-aged woman sneaking through the bedroom window like a teenager in heat. Dec 15, 2009 | Full Review…
All the midnight bulimic binges, suicide attempts, sleepwalking, marital chicanery, and little pills don't mean a thing compared to the thrill of being a middle-aged woman sneaking through the bedroom window like a teenager in heat.
Kelly Vance
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