Hanging Up (2000)

A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.

Director:

Diane Keaton

Writers:

Delia Ephron (book), Delia Ephron (screenplay)

Stars:

Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Meg Ryan	...	Eve Mozell Marks
Diane Keaton	...	Georgia Mozell
Lisa Kudrow	...	Maddy Mozell
Walter Matthau	...	Lou Mozell
Adam Arkin	...	Joe Marks
Shaun Duke	...	Dr. Omar Kunundar (as Duke Moosekian)
Ann Bortolotti	...	Ogmed Kunundar
Cloris Leachman	...	Pat Mozell
Maree Cheatham	...	Angie
Myndy Crist	...	Dr. Kelly
Libby Hudson Lydecker	...	Libby (as Libby Hudson)
Jesse James	...	Jesse Marks
Edie McClurg	...	Esther
Tracee Ellis Ross	...	Kim
Celia Weston	...	Madge Turner

Storyline

Georgia Mozell, Eve Marks and Maddy Mozell are adult sisters. Georgia is the editor of her own wildly successful self-titled women's magazine. She strives for publicity at any cost. Party planner Eve is the mother hen of the group, not only of her own family, but also of her siblings and father as their mother, Pat, not only emotionally left their father when they divorced, but her daughters as well. And Maddy is a vacuous soap opera actress who has always struggled for her own identity. Despite being as busy with her own life as the others, Eve is the only one of the three who deals with the long term hospitalization of their cantankerous seventy-nine year old father, Lou Mozell, when he enters the early stages of dementia, and the associated outcomes of that hospitalization. Eve's caring for Lou is despite an especially hurtful incident with him seven years earlier. As the emotional aspect of looking after Lou becomes more and more stressful, Eve has to figure out how to maintain ...

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Plot Keywords:

actress | thanksgiving | man in a coma | businesswoman | fashion magazine editor | 

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Taglines:

Every family has a few hang-ups.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language and some sex-related material

Details

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 February 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

No nos dejes colgadas

Filming Locations:

1261 Angelo Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,567,978, 18 February 2000

Gross USA:

$36,050,230

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$15,829,814

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation,Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG,Laurence Mark Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The house is the same one from The Fast and the Furious (2001)

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Goofs

When Eve enters her father's hospital room with flowers and Chinese food the vase with flowers is not on the table. After she shows the food the vase with flowers is on the table.

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Quotes

Eve Mozell Marks: [Eve has just been informed that her father is missing; to nurse on the phone] Look through the beds of *every, single female patient*!

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Connections

Featured in The Making of 'Hanging Up' (2000)

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Soundtracks

Movin' On Up
Written by Jeff Barry and Ja'net DuBois
Performed by Ja'net DuBois
Courtesy of Columbia TriStar Television, Inc.

User Reviews

Bumpy comedy-drama with insufficient changes in tone

The best scene in this Diane Keaton-directed film has drunken dad Walter Matthau showing up at a kid's birthday party bellowing and vulgar, but it doesn't belong in a comedy. It's more like something out of "Shoot The Moon", which Keaton starred in, and would fit much better in a film with a darker tone. "Hanging Up" wobbles around in search of appropriate emotions, but Keaton just can't get a consistent rhythm going. Her performance as the eldest of three unhappy sisters is also wan (she's winging it), however Meg Ryan as the middle sister has some fabulous moments: she hugs a coffee machine, she tries to convince her husband that driving a wrecked truck is going to work for her, she tells off her father but cries because she loves him. This is a performance well worth watching, but the picture definitely needed a director with a tighter grip on the reins. **1/2 from ****