Sweet November (2001)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Pat O'Connor

Writers (WGA):

Herman Raucher (1968 screenplay)
Paul Yurick (story) ...

Release Date:

16 February 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

She Just Needed A Month To Change His Life For Ever.

Plot:

Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV...

Plot Keywords:

Advertising | Dmv | Disease | Bathtub | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Keanu Reeves	...	Nelson Moss
Charlize Theron	...	Sara Deever
Jason Isaacs	...	Chaz Watley
Greg Germann	...	Vince Holland
Liam Aiken	...	Abner
Robert Joy	...	Raeford Dunne
Lauren Graham	...	Angelica
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Brandon / Brandy
Frank Langella	...	Edgar Price
Jason Kravits	...	Manny
Ray Baker	...	Buddy Leach
Tom Bullock	...	Al
Adele Proom	...	Osiris
L. Peter Callender	...	Don Watson, DMV Proctor
June Carryl	...	Beatrice (as June Lomena)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

119 min | Germany:115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (cable rating) | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:15 | Mexico:C | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:15 (original rating) (cut) | South Korea:18 (DVD rating) | Spain:7 | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Daly City, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Charlize Theron turned down the role of Evelyn in Pearl Harbor (2001) to star in this movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Nelson is apologizing to Sara from the cab after turning down the lucrative job offer, you can see several people in a large second story window watching the production in the background.

Quotes:

Chaz: Now, don't forget, dinner is at eight. It's dressy because we are going to eat and we are going dancing.
Sara: Wooh.
Chaz: We're gonna see if Last of the Mohicans here's got rhythm.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Burly Man Chronicles (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Time After Time

Wonderful movie

This is a wonderful movie because it is just real. Real people have things they are dealing with and are not always making their best choices--Nelson decides to come back a couple times. I really enjoy the effort of Sara to shine a light so Nelson can see simple pleasures in life, pleasures looked over when someone is so focused on getting an account and working long hours.

I love this movie, own it, and have watched it several times. I find it rather coincidental that my refusal to watch, turning off the movie right before the end (on the morning of December 1) to remember the beauty of the movie--is the same action that Sara takes to remember the change in Nelson and the beauty of their loving relationship, right before the end.

Sweet November is a fabulous movie. I hope the film reminds you to slow down and take a look at the important things in your life when you view it again.