Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Zooey Deschanel | ... | Reese Holden | |
Darrell Larson | ... | Director | |
John Bedford Lloyd | ... | Leontes | |
Deirdre O'Connell | ... | Deirdre | |
Mandy Siegfried | ... | Ruth | |
Amy Madigan | ... | Lori Lansky | |
Dallas Roberts | ... | Ray | |
Ivan Martin | ... | Bartender | |
Robert Beitzel | ... | Rob | |
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Laurie Kennedy | ... | Nun |
Will Ferrell | ... | Corbit | |
Ed Harris | ... | Don Holden | |
Mary Jo Deschanel | ... | Mary | |
Amelia Warner | ... | Shelly | |
Sam Bottoms | ... | Brian |
Actress Reese Holden has been offered a small fortune by a book editor if she can secure for publication the love letters that her father, a reclusive novelist, wrote to her mother, who has since passed away. Returning to Michigan, Reese finds that an ex-grad student and a would-be musician have moved in with her father, who cares more about his new friends than he does about his own health and well-being. Written by IMDb Editors
What a nice film! The premise is simple: Actress Reese Holden (played by Zooey Deschanel) is offered a lot of money if she can get hold of letters written to and by her late mother and father, novelist Don Holdin (played be Ed Harris). Reese hasn't seen her father for a long time; she hadn't gone to her mother's funeral. Ed Harris, performing with sensitivity and rigour (as in Pollock and The Hours)gives a fine performance as the socially maladaptive, reclusive "genius" counterpointed by s dazed, bewildered, but protective Corbit (Will Ferrell, who gives a fine performance. I've just seen him in The Producers, and physically/vocally he is *completely* different. It's a good role.) Like Pieces of April, the film works with silences, visual cues, and verbal cues intertwined. It is a film which is worth concentrating in - and Zooey Deschanel's performance as Reese Holdin is excellent. She doesn't go over the top, rather it is through a subdued range that she succeeds in winning over the audience. Don't miss this film, or let it pass you by.