In an Oscar-caliber performance, Robin Wright Penn is a woman in her late 40s struggling to suppress her rocky past amid a newly tranquil present in this thoughtful fourth feature from Rebecca Miller (The Ballad of Jack and Rose). Newly transplanted to a Connecticut retirement community with her aged husband (a deeply amusing Alan Arkin), Pippa looks ready to fade into the wallpaper. An adaptable enigma, as one dinner guest describes her, one wonders what lingers under that tranquil surface. Turns out a hell of a lot. Snowballing coincidences and an arousing newcomer (Keanu Reeves) bring the past back with a vengeance, including her unstable pill-popping mother (Maria Bello), the sex- and drug-laden years she can barely recall and the feeling that, deep down, she's just a fuck-up. Among a truly stellar cast, Wright Penn's gritty and nuanced turn as the ever-shifting Pippa is unforgettable, while Blake Lively's teenage Pippa confirms she's one of Hollywood's rising stars. West Coast Premiere. —Alexis Whitham
Running time: 93 Country: US Category: US Cinema Directed by: Rebecca Miller Producers: Lemore Syvan, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner Screenwriter: Rebecca Miller Cinematographer: Declan Quinn Editor: Sabine Hoffman Cast: Robin Wright Penn, Mike Binder, Alan Arkin, Winona Ryder, Maria Bello, Keanu Reeves, Blake Lively, Julianne Moore
Ticket Code: PRIV11R
Print Source: Screen Media Films 757 Third Ave, 3rd floor
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Screening:
Sun. Oct 11th, 2009 @ 5:45 PM - Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA
This film has gone to RUSH. If seats become available, they will be sold to patrons in the RUSH line on a first come, first served basis. Cash only, no discounts.
