Surrender, Dorothy (TV 2006)

When her daughter Sara (Davalos) unexpectedly passes away, Natalie (Keaton) retreats to the summer home where she and Sara used to visit. Time with her best friends and some of Sara's friends help her deal with her loss.

Director:

Charles McDougall

Writers:

Meg Wolitzer (novel), Matthew McDuffie (teleplay)

Stars:

Diane Keaton, Tom Everett Scott, Alexa Davalos

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Diane Keaton	...	Natalie Swerdlow
Tom Everett Scott	...	Adam
Alexa Davalos	...	Sara
Lauren German	...	Maddy
Josh Hopkins	...	Peter
Chris Pine	...	Shawn
Peter Riegert	...	Mel
Marnie Crossen	...	Mrs. Moyles
Myra McWethy	...	Bearded Lady
Roy Werner	...	Harvey
Liam Lynch	...	Sara's Lover
Ron Christopher Jones	...	Gay Bar Patron (as RC Jones)
Emil Lin	...	Gay Bar Friend
Leonard Stone	...	Neighbor
Michael Hagiwara	...	Sushi Chef

Storyline

After Sara Swerdlow's death in a nightly car accident, her excessively self-righteous mother Natalie shamelessly invites herself to move into her room at the remote summer house where her friends are on holiday as often before. Gay playwright Adam fails to evict her because of happily married Peter's cavalier hospitality. Soon everyone suffers facing Sara's, and their own past and present, as Nathalie only thought she really knew her 'all-confiding' daughter, which shifts several reports.

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Plot Keywords:

summer | playwright | car accident | baby | bed | 

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Taglines:

The hardest part is letting go.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 January 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aika luopua

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Productions, Stu Segall Productions, Wendy Finerman Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min 87 min (DVD) 120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The baby's hair length changes as Keaton's character cuddles it in the kitchen, 2/3 of the way through the movie.

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Connections

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

User Reviews

This movie doesn't get enough credit

I completely disagree with the other comments posted on this movie. For instance, the movie is based on the book and if the writer had a gay character in it then how could "Hollywood" just throw in a token gay character in the movie. And besides there was two gay characters and I thought they reflected each other great. One was normal and the other was more feminine but it wasn't over the top. And Diane Keaton gave a wonderful performance and if the other reviewer had the decency to actual watch the entire film they would have seen that her character developed through out the film by interacting with the other characters. For instance when she and Adam went to look at the car that Sara crashed in the junkyard you could see the maternal side of her come out and later in the film you saw that she too was invincible. But I guess if you're too worried about gay characters and characters that are flawed then this movie is bad. But if you're more open-minded and I don't know actually have some inkling of what is good then you'll enjoy this film.