Lovely & Amazing

Lovely & Amazing

6.1IMDb Score
Released:2002-08-02
Duration:92 min
Director:Nicole Holofcener
Actors:Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer, Raven Goodwin, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Production:Blow Up Pictures, Good Machine, Roadside Attractions

Overview:

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. Each of the women seeks redemption in her own haphazard way, but whatever salvation they find is illusory and short-lived.

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