what a cozy, charming, bittersweet film; a total hidden gem.
I loved everything about it, the setting, the cinematography, the characters. I'm always drawn to films about/heavily featuring sisters and the relationship between Eliza and Jo is so well done and easy to connect with. Just that scene of them smoking cigarettes, Jo says she's cold in her skirt that her mom told her ten times not to wear, Eliza tells her something along the lines of "don't let mom hear you say that" and my sister and I have literally had that EXACT same conversation.
The script is just so perfect, it's heartwarming and heartbreaking, all while also being insanely funny at times. Just about every time Carl was on screen i was laughing a little bit.
Obviously I think Stanley Tucci was great, and the twist with Sandy being a man was pretty well handled for 1996. Hope David and Parker Posey were both amazing, Eliza was such a great character that I constantly felt my eyes drawn to her. Just to watch her facial expressions convey the intense emotions of someone trying desperately to come up with some kind of explanation other than that her husband is having an affair.
Just a really great film and I know Greg Mottola exclusively from Superbad so I'll have to look into the rest of his work.
what a cozy, charming, bittersweet film; a total hidden gem.
I loved everything about it, the setting, the cinematography, the characters. I'm always drawn to films about/heavily featuring sisters and the relationship between Eliza and Jo is so well done and easy to connect with. Just that scene of them smoking cigarettes, Jo says she's cold in her skirt that her mom told her ten times not to wear, Eliza tells her something along the lines of "don't let mom hear you say that" and my sister and I have literally had that EXACT same conversation.
The script is just so perfect, it's heartwarming and heartbreaking, all while also being insanely funny at times. Just about every time Carl was on screen i was laughing a little bit.
Obviously I think Stanley Tucci was great, and the twist with Sandy being a man was pretty well handled for 1996. Hope David and Parker Posey were both amazing, Eliza was such a great character that I constantly felt my eyes drawn to her. Just to watch her facial expressions convey the intense emotions of someone trying desperately to come up with some kind of explanation other than that her husband is having an affair.
Just a really great film and I know Greg Mottola exclusively from Superbad so I'll have to look into the rest of his work.
