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- 128 Minutes
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
- Language English
- Country USA
- Rated: PG-13
- Format: Widescreen
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- Directed by Nancy Meyers
- Written by Nancy Meyers
- Starring Amanda Peet, Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand, Jack Nicholson, Jon Favreau, Keanu Reeves
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Harry Sanborn (Nicholson) is a perennial playboy with a libido much younger than his years. During what was to have been a romantic weekend with his latest infatuation, Marin (Peet), at her mother's Hamptons beach house, Harry develops chest pains. He winds up being nursed by Marin's reluctant mother Erica Barry (Keaton), a successful, divorced New York playwright. In the process, Harry develops more heart pangs -- the romantic kind -- for Erica, an age-appropriate woman whom he finds beguiling. However, some habits die hard. When Harry hesitates, his charming thirtysomething doctor (Reeves) steps in and starts to pursue Erica. And Harry, who has always had the world on a string, finds his life unraveling.
"The adult romance is a dying genre in our era, but movies as wise and fun as this have always been rare. It's a comedy with hilarious moments, and yet with an essential seriousness at its core." -- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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Comments
A lovely, fun-to-watch film propelled by the performances of Nicholson and Keaton -- no other actors could have pulled this off so well. So nice to find a lighthearted, beachy romance comedy (the film is set in the Hamptons) that actually treats its audiences with respect: the humor is mature but not outdated, the romance is entertaining but certainly not cliche, and FRANCES MCDORMAND plays Diane Keaton's feminist academic sister. What more could you ask for this summer??
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