Manhattanites, Kate (Catherine Keener) and her husband Alex (Oliver Platt) divide their time between buying up estate sales, interacting with their elderly neighbor (Ann Morgan Guilbert) and her two dramatically different granddaughters/heirs, Mary and Rebecca (Amanda Peet and Rebecca Hall) and trying to be proper parents to their 15-year-old, needy but independent daughter. Commendable performances and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'family'
Please Give
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: comedy · drama · dysfunctionality · family
Death at a Funeral
May 25th, 2010 · No Comments
This copy of the 2007 film is just that and is equally entertaining with heavy handed humor delivered by Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence, playing brothers who resolve their own differences in the course of dealing with upsetting information about dad, at his funeral.
Tags: African-American · comedy · family
Up
July 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Wonderful Disney animation mixes melancholy and fantasy in this lenghty “never too late to pursue your dreams” adventure.
The Pink Panther 2
February 17th, 2009 · No Comments
The challenge for Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) in the second investigative installment is to capture the thief who is stealing historical relics, including the famed Pink Panther diamond. Minimal expectations are met due to the comic chemistry of the co-stars (Andy Garcia, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Alfred Molina, Yuki Matsuzaki, Aishwarya Rai, John [...]
Tags: comedy · family · mystery
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Aunt Viv’s (Jamie Lee Curtis) pampered pooch, Chloe (voice of Drew Barrymore) gets a reality check when she strays South of the Border and mixes with mixed-breeds. It’s easy to suspend disbelief with excellent dog trainers guiding the facial expressions and body language matched to sound bites from the likes of Barrymore, Andy Garcia, [...]