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| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | ... | ||
| Lennie Loftin | ... |
Martin - Massage Client
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| Jessica St. Clair | ... |
Cynthia - Massage Client
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| Christopher Nicholas Smith | ... |
Hal - Massage Client
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| Tracey Fairaway | ... | ||
| Toni Collette | ... | ||
| Ben Falcone | ... | ||
| Michaela Watkins | ... |
Hilary
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| Catherine Keener | ... | ||
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Phillip Brock | ... |
Jason
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| James Gandolfini | ... | ||
| Tavi Gevinson | ... |
Chloe
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| Nick Williams | ... |
Chris
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Ivy Strohmaier | ... |
Maddy
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Natasha Sky Lipson | ... |
Sage
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A divorced and single parent, Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter's impending departure for college. She meets Albert (James Gandolfini) - a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an empty nest. As their romance quickly blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne (Catherine Keener), her new massage client. Marianne is a beautiful poet who seems "almost perfect" except for one prominent quality: she rags on her ex-husband way too much. Suddenly, Eva finds herself doubting her own relationship with Albert as she learns the truth about Marianne's ex. Written by ID-PR
I saw this movie this past weekend, when it FINALLY made it to a local theater. The fact that I found a lot of kinship with Julia Louis Dreyfus' character helped push it up a notch or two. Like her character, I'm a divorcée, and my only child, a boy, went off to college this past August. Fortunately, I'm not as needy, and would never think of inviting one of his (younger) friends to live with me after he went off to school. :-) All in all, very realistic dialog (it's not easy dating in your 40s/50s), and I think this captured an empty-nester's mindset very well. Great acting by all, but James Galdofini's performance as Albert was charming and bittersweet.