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- 100 Minutes
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Language English
- Country USA
- Rated:
- Format: 2.35:1
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- Directed by David Frankel
- Written by Vanessa Taylor
- Starring Brett Rice, Damian Young, Elisabeth Shue, Jean Smart, Meryl Streep, Mimi Rogers, Steve Carell, Tommy Lee Jones
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Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couples specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy. Just convincing the stubborn Arnold to go on the retreat is hard enough the real challenge for both of them comes as they try to re-ignite the spark that caused them to fall for each other in the first place.
What could have been strained farce or, worse, geezer porn, morphs instead into a film of hilarious and heartfelt pleasures. It helps that director David Frankel has two of the best actors on the planet to raise the game.
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE