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Straight-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.
A woman and her daughter emigrate from Mexico for a better life in America, where they start working for a family where the patriarch is a newly celebrated chef with an insecure wife.
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.
Director:
Alexander Payne
Stars:
Paul Giamatti,
Thomas Haden Church,
Virginia Madsen
Dan is a 51 year old executive who learns that his company is being restructured and he is being demoted. Carter who is 26 replaces him. Dan who has two teenage daughters and his wife is expecting another, decides to suck it up and work for Carter. Carter's wife leaves him, later he meets Alex whom unknown to him is Dan's daughter. They have a relationship, until Dan finds out. Written by
rcs0411@yahoo.com
The Sports America issue that Dan shows to Eugene Kalb during his sales pitch early in the movie has a cover featuring Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets. The other magazines shown during the movie are on screen too briefly or from too far away to positively identify the cover subject. See more »
Goofs
The barrette's in Alex's hair change position between the time Alex and Carter meet at the coffee shop and the next shot when they get to Alex's dorm room. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Anchorwoman:
After months of speculation, analysts expect an announcement this week that GlobeCom International will acquire Waterman Publishing and its flagship magazine, Sports America. The man at the helm of GlobeCom, billionaire media magnate Teddy K., has been on a spending spree recently, acquiring a food service company, a cable operator, and two telecommunications providers in deals totaling more than $13 billion. And how did one lucky ferret owner come to own the largest dog treat ...
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Splendid performances by Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, and Scarlett Johannson.
Dennis Quaid plays the 51 year old ad executive whose company has been taken over by mogul Teddy Kay. Topher Grace is the hot shot who is sent into the mix to shake things up (fire people).
The interactions among the three stars is wonderful. I also enjoyed the genuine affection the family members had toward each other. It is nice to see family life portrayed in such a positive light.
The movie engaged me from beginning to end. The characters grow into their parts as the movie progresses.
By the unexpected ending I was totally engaged, caring about each one of these people.
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Splendid performances by Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, and Scarlett Johannson.
Dennis Quaid plays the 51 year old ad executive whose company has been taken over by mogul Teddy Kay. Topher Grace is the hot shot who is sent into the mix to shake things up (fire people).
The interactions among the three stars is wonderful. I also enjoyed the genuine affection the family members had toward each other. It is nice to see family life portrayed in such a positive light.
The movie engaged me from beginning to end. The characters grow into their parts as the movie progresses.
By the unexpected ending I was totally engaged, caring about each one of these people.