Movie #238 "Please Give" is very definitely an Indie film ------ one of those slice of life pictures that goes its merry way and you have to guess where the arc of the story is and where the ending kind of just gets there. This is all okay with me if the characters are interesting and complex and if I haven't seen this story before, and I can say that this gem of a film qualifies in all those categories. Dave and I talked about it all the way home, from the use of the title, to the giving too much nature of the Catherine Keener category, to the use of the Oliver Platt character........this film does what films should do, allows us to relate to these characters, to identify some universal themes, and to share some time with these people and their complex relationships --- to get into the heads of some people and study them to come to your own conclusions about what to think. And I'd like to make a special point to say something about the humor ---- it's very funny, esp. the old lady, Millie from the Dick Van Dyke show --- she says exactly what is on her mind, and I find that charming in a dark humor sort of way.
Average rating: 3.783
I gave it 4 stars
Please Give
(2010) R
Life gets knotty when successful Manhattan couple Alex (Oliver Platt) and Kate (Catherine Keener) develop a relationship with the granddaughters of Andra (Ann Morgan Guilbert), the cantankerous elderly woman who owns the apartment next to theirs -- and who must die so they can expand their home. The all-star cast includes Amanda Peet, Rebecca Hall and Lois Smith in this indie feature from writer-director Nicole Holofcener (Friends with Money).
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