
The Savages(2007)
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.


“If you're hoping for the perfect family don't hold your breath.”
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.

Catherine Keener
Michelle Marks

Brenda Blethyn
Jane Marks

Emily Mortimer
Elizabebeth Marks

Raven Goodwin
Annie Marks

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Lorraine

Clark Gregg
Bill

Jake Gyllenhaal
Jordan

James Le Gros
Paul

Michael Nouri
Dr. Crane

Dermot Mulroney
Kevin McCabe
Lovely & Amazing is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2002 exploring themes of sibling relationship, liposuction, family, adopted child, woman director, mother daughter relationship. Directed by Nicole Holofcener, it stars Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer. 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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