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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
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10 July 2009 (UK)
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The life you love may be your own. more
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After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown. full summary | add synopsis
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Wright Penn: 'Love scenes are difficult'
(From digitalspy. 28 November 2009, 7:04 AM, PST)
"The Private Lives of Pippa Lee," "Home," "Ward No. 6"...
(From The Auteurs. 27 November 2009, 10:01 AM, PST)
(From digitalspy. 28 November 2009, 7:04 AM, PST)
"The Private Lives of Pippa Lee," "Home," "Ward No. 6"...
(From The Auteurs. 27 November 2009, 10:01 AM, PST)
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Vehicle for Alan Arkin and eye candy for film students
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Rated R for sexual content, brief nudity, some drug material and language.
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98 min | Germany:93 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
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Maggie Gyllenhaal was considered for the role of Suky, but dropped out due scheduling conflicts and Maria Bello replaced her.
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I attended the North American Premiere of "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Written and directed by Rebecca Miller from her own book, this is the complex, multi-layered life story of a woman trying to survive her checkered past. Its stellar cast makes this film a joy -- Robin Wright Penn is extraordinary as the titular character, while Keanu Reeves, Blake Lively, and Winona Ryder truly shine in supporting roles. But "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" is, most of all, a vehicle for the legendary Alan Arkin as Pippa's husband Herb Lee. He's at his best yet.
The script is about 5/50 drama and comedy so it's hard to pin it down either way. But that's what real life is, isn't it? The art and costume direction are superb with great care taken to ensure that each of Pippa Lee's "lives" has its own unique color palette and sets to match. Keeping it all together is a wonderful recurring musical theme and sweet score. There are a number of clever transitions between sets and time periods which were not done with computers but "in-camera." As an aficionado of the craft of film-making, these set tricks blew me away.