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Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
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4 April 1997 (USA) moreTagline:
Love no matter what moreUser Comments:
Simple story well told moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Joaquin Phoenix | ... | Doug Holt | |
| Billy Crudup | ... | Jacey Holt | |
| Will Patton | ... | Lloyd Abbott | |
| Kathy Baker | ... | Helen Holt | |
| Jennifer Connelly | ... | Eleanor Abbott | |
| Michael Sutton | ... | Steve | |
| Liv Tyler | ... | Pamela Abbott | |
| Joanna Going | ... | Alice Abbott | |
| Barbara Williams | ... | Joan Abbott | |
| Alessandro Nivola | ... | Peter Vanlaningham | |
| Nicole M. Vassallo | ... | Giggling Girl #1 | |
| Amanda Sherman | ... | Giggling Girl #2 | |
| Shawn Hatosy | ... | Victor | |
| Garrett M. Brown | ... | Webb Crosby | |
| Julie Benz | ... | Co-ed |
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Rated R for sexuality and language.Parents Guide:
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110 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #35047) | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Canada:AA (Ontario)Fun Stuff
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Jennifer Connelly and Liv Tyler play sisters in this film. Connelly played Betty Ross in Hulk (2003), and was replaced by Tyler in The Incredible Hulk (2008). moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: There's a closeup of an Elvis Presley album which has a 1970's RCA logo on it. The logo is the same one the company currently uses, not that older "electric" lettering they had in the '50's amd '60's. moreQuotes:
DougHolt: Either you're mad at me because you're mad at me or you're mad at me because you like me, because that's how girls act. I mean... I don't know much but I know that. So, uh, which is it?Pamela Abbott: Both.
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I saw this film on a flight to Australia. I'd never heard of it but it would pass some time. In fact, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It has a Forest Gump kind of charm but a lot less humour. It also reminded me of the early soap operas like Peyton Place in the way it portrayed 1950's America. The unfolding of the family story is well spun out so that you only gradually come to appreciate the tensions involved and indeed some of the scenes are only understood after later revelations show up a new significance. The characters were believable and the twist in the tale of the story sufficiently unexpected but predictable in retrospect that you kick yourself for not realising. A family film with little to worry the censor other than some mild fisticuffs and a small amount of what might have been referred to in the film as "fooling around". The interplay between the leading roles is exceptional, both between the two brothers and between Liv Tyler and Joaquin Phoenix.