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6.3/10   3,782 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Stephen Belber (written by)
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Release Date:
21 May 2009 (Israel) more
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A touching comedy
Plot:
A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone. full summary | full synopsis
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a sad, almost sick, movie more (42 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jennifer Aniston ... Sue

Steve Zahn ... Mike
Margo Martindale ... Trish

Fred Ward ... Jerry

James Hiroyuki Liao ... Al

Woody Harrelson ... Jango
Katie O'Grady ... Corporate Bliss Receptionist
Yolanda Suarez ... Marissa
Kevin Heffernan ... Jed
Don Burns ... Businessman (as Don Stewart Burns)
Kimberly Howard ... Colleague
Collin Crowley ... Wally
Gilberto Martin del Campo ... Priest
Mark Boone Junior ... Jack (as Mark Boone Jr.)
Garfield Wedderburn ... Bus Driver
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
USA:94 min | Canada:93 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Certification:
USA:R (certificate #44651) | Netherlands:9 | Iceland:10 | Singapore:PG | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating)
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Quotes:
Mike: What about kids? Do you want to have kids?
Sue Claussen: [avoiding the question] You know what was really great about that Yoga class?
Mike: ?
Sue Claussen: It was the breathing stuff. I don't do that.
Mike: Breathe?
Sue Claussen: There are days where I have to instruct my heart to request additional air
[takes a deep breath]
Sue Claussen: and I have to tell myself "Breathe, Sue. Just keep breathing."
[exhales]
Sue Claussen: Yes, I want kids.
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Movie Connections:
References An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) more
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Fate of Fates more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
a sad, almost sick, movie, 25 October 2009
2/10
Author: jmschau from United States

There are so many reasons to hate this movie, where do I start? 1) It couldn't decide if it was a quirky love story, funny but to be taken seriously, or was it a farce, a silly nonsensical romp? The former had us visit the boy's mother just before she died. The latter had Mike skydiving, apparently for the first time, and nailing a landing right Woody's swimming pool.

2) Janga's whole role was nonsensical, which is fine if you're making a silly stupid romp; it was not OK if we're supposed to take the love affair seriously.

3) This movie is very much like Shop Girl, with Steve Martin and, I think, Anne Hathaway. In that movie a decent, attractive girl is forced (by the movie) to choose between a young, sweet, nearly retarded, loser and an older, vile, cold man. Why on earth would such a woman be in that position? In Management, it's much the same. Mike is sweet, but border line retarded ("Can I touch your butt?"), whereas Janga is, well, an older, vile man. Again, why would a woman such as Jennifer A ever allow herself to be restricted two such pitiful choices?

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