Lovely & Amazing

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Movie
German title Lovely & Amazing
Original title Lovely & Amazing
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2001
length approx. 91 minutes
Rod
Director Nicole Holofcener
script Nicole Holofcener
production Anthony Bregman ,
Eric d'Arbeloff ,
Ted Hope
music Craig Richey
camera Harlan Bosmajian
cut Robert Frazen
occupation

Lovely and Amazing is an American comedy film from the year 2001 . Nicole Holofcener directed and wrote the script.

action

Jane Marks has three daughters: Michelle, Elizabeth, and Annie, an adopted African American . Jane is undergoing cosmetic surgery which results in complications.

The unhappily married Michelle fails to earn money as an artist. She finds a job in a photo shop. There she has an affair with Jordan, the nineteen-year-old stepson of the business owner.

Elizabeth dreams of a career as an actress. She takes care of abandoned dogs, one of which will bite her. Annie is fighting against being overweight.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on July 19, 2002 that the film "knows women , " "listens to women," and allows women to be real. He is an admonition to the writers of the "superficial" film The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisters .

Kenneth Turan wrote in the Los Angeles Times on June 28, 2002 that the sensitivity of Holofcener was one of the strengths of the "charming" film. There is no other film like this - which you don't hear every day. He shows how people try to build emotional relationships in the self-employed, insecure world. The film, which is made up of “top actors” , involves the viewer because it shows “penetratingly” how people deal with their lives. There are some characters you wouldn't love to love, but the film doesn't give the viewer a choice.

Sophia-Marie H. wrote in the Maastricht Reviev "depressing, without any depth, a film peppered with hesitant women who now God knows no potential for identification .... A waste of time in its purest form."

Awards

Emily Mortimer won the Independent Spirit Award in 2003 . Nicole Holofcener as director and screenwriter, Catherine Keener, the film producers and Raven Goodwin for Best Debut were nominated for the same award. Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer and Nicole Holofcener as screenwriters have been nominated for the Golden Satellite Award . Emily Mortimer won the Chlotrudis Award in 2003 ; The three other nominations for this award included those for Catherine Keener and for the screenplay. Emily Mortimer won the 2003 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award and was nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award . Raven Goodwin was nominated for the Black Reel Award in 2003 .

backgrounds

The film was shot in Los Angeles . The world premiere took place on August 31, 2001 at the Telluride Film Festival . The film grossed approximately 4.2 million US dollars in US cinemas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert , accessed June 3, 2008
  2. ↑ Kenneth Turan's film review , accessed June 3, 2008
  3. ^ Filming locations for Lovely & Amazing , accessed June 3, 2008
  4. ↑ Box office / business for Lovely & Amazing , accessed June 3, 2008
  5. ↑ Release dates for Lovely & Amazing , accessed June 3, 2008