I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)

A mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time. Mother Nature messes with their fates.

Director:

Amy Heckerling

Writer:

Amy Heckerling

Stars:

Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Saoirse Ronan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Rosie
Paul Rudd	...	Adam
Saoirse Ronan	...	Izzie
Stacey Dash	...	Brianna (as Stacey L. Dash)
Fred Willard	...	Marty
Jon Lovitz	...	Nathan
Sarah Alexander	...	Jeannie
Tracey Ullman	...	Mother Nature
Yasmin Paige	...	Melanie
Rory Copus	...	Dylan
O-T Fagbenle	...	Sean
Jayden Berry-Garvey	...	Ike
Iddo Goldberg	...	Director
Noah Lee Margetts	...	Monty
Jonathan Ryland	...	Prop Guy

Storyline

Rosie (40), a divorced mother, produces the has-been TV comedy You Go Girl. Her boss no longer allows the show to tackle any vaguely controversial subjects, so it seems doomed. Then she meets at an audition Adam Perl (29), an attractive, spontaneously funny, single actor. She successfully casts him, which revives the show's ratings. She also dates him, but her pathological insecurity, focused on their age difference, compromises the relationship. That culminates when she suspects him of infidelity with the show's star, and the studio gives those two their own sitcom.

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Plot Keywords:

producer | female producer | female tv producer | cougar | boytoy | 

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Taglines:

Find Yourself. In Love.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 May 2007 (Spain)

Also Known As:

I Could Be Your Mother

Filming Locations:

Avalon Hollywood - 1735 Vine Street, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$9,576,495

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bauer Martinez Studios, Templar Films Unlimited, Formula Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although supposed to premiere in cinemas, this was released directly on DVD.

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Goofs

When Rosie is talking to Izzy about the value of Pi, the Scion car in the background disappears and reappears several times.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mother Nature: [sigh] Pretty impressive, huh? People tend to think of me as that, uh, environmental nut. But whenever I get down to work they say, 'Mother Nature, you're such a destructive bitch'.

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Crazy Credits

A short series of outtakes appears before the closing credits.

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Connections

Spoofs The More You Know (1989)

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Soundtracks

Your Woman
Performed by White Town
Courtesy of Chrysalis/EMI

User Reviews

Funny and sweet romantic comedy

My wife and I happen to be one of those Ashton/Demi couples and have been together before it became popular and acceptable. I never had much of a problem with it but my wife did initially. The film did a remarkably accurate job of portraying what goes on in the head of the older female. It had us ROTFL as we had gone through similar situations ourselves when we were dating.

Paul Rudd is very funny much funnier than I remember him from Friends and Michelle Pfeiffer is perfect as the sexy, and somewhat insecure love interest. The daughter/mother relationship was also really well done - the daughter being smart, just precocious and innocent enough without being too artificially sweet which was very hard to pull off. The dialog in the film is clever and witty but light and self-parodying along the lines of Clueless.

Overall, a very sweet and funny movie - I haven't enjoyed a romantic comedy this much since Annie Hall or Sleepless in Seattle.