I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)

A mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time. Mother Nature messes with their fates.

Director:

Amy Heckerling

Writer:

Amy Heckerling

Stars:

Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Saoirse Ronan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Rosie
Paul Rudd	...	Adam
Saoirse Ronan	...	Izzie
Stacey Dash	...	Brianna (as Stacey L. Dash)
Fred Willard	...	Marty
Jon Lovitz	...	Nathan
Sarah Alexander	...	Jeannie
Tracey Ullman	...	Mother Nature
Yasmin Paige	...	Melanie
Rory Copus	...	Dylan
O.T. Fagbenle	...	Sean
Jayden Berry-Garvey	...	Ike
Iddo Goldberg	...	Director
Noah Lee Margetts	...	Monty
Jonathan Ryland	...	Prop Guy

Storyline

Rosie (40), a divorced mother, produces the has-been TV comedy You Go Girl. Her boss no longer allows the show to tackle any vaguely controversial subjects, so it seems doomed. Then she meets at an audition Adam Perl (29), an attractive, spontaneously funny, single actor. She successfully casts him, which revives the show's ratings. She also dates him, but her pathological insecurity, focused on their age difference, compromises the relationship. That culminates when she suspects him of infidelity with the show's star, and the studio gives those two their own sitcom.

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Plot Keywords:

mother nature | love | date | first love | ageism | 

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Taglines:

Find Yourself. In Love.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 May 2007 (Spain)

Also Known As:

I Could Be Your Mother

Filming Locations:

Avalon Hollywood - 1735 Vine Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bauer Martinez Studios, Templar Films Unlimited, Formula Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michelle Pfeiffer's character is forty years old in this movie, while the actress was actually forty-seven at the time of shooting. Her co-star Paul Rudd was thirty-six in real life, although his character was twenty-nine and played the role of a teenager in the TV show inside the movie. But perhaps most unbelievable was Stacey Dash, who plays a teenager in the show within the movie, but was forty years old at the time of production.

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Goofs

In the scene in the car where Michelle Pfeiffer's character is talking to her daughter about the value of Pi, when they start the scene and show the daughter, you can see a Scion pull up in the background and people start to get out. As they cut back and forth between mother and daughter, each time they show the daughter, the car disappears, then reappears, then disappears again.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mother Nature: [sigh] Pretty impressive, huh? People tend to think of me as that, uh, environmental nut. But whenever I get down to work they say, 'Mother Nature, you're such a destructive bitch'.

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Crazy Credits

A short series of outtakes appears before the closing credits.

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Connections

References Ape Escape (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Let's Go All The Way"
Written by Sly Fox
Performed by Insane Clown Posse

User Reviews

Delightful and Poignant Romantic Comedy

I saw this last night (6/15/07) at The Maui International Film Festival. It is going to be categorized by some as a "Chick Flick", however the chemistry between Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd is undeniable. Since the film won't be released for a few months, I'm not going to go into any specific plot details, however Hollywood's obsession with youth, plastic surgery, and untalented pretty people is amusingly (and sometimes disturbingly) exposed.

Pfeiffer is a true movie star -- a brilliant actress and shamefully underrated comedian. And I would imagine that this film will likely be Paul Rudd's star-making vehicle. He's a talent power-house.

Other notable fine performances are give by the one and only Tracey Ullman as Mother Nature, and Saoirse Ronan as Pfeiffer's daughter.

I haven't laughed out loud at a movie in a long time, however I did last night -- many times. Judging from the reaction, laughter and applause of the hundreds of others in attendance, this movie is a winner.