Happy Endings 2005
6.3 /10
Three stories of Angelenos linked linearly by people associated with each are told. In story one, Mamie works as a psychologist at an abortion clinic, she, in addition to providing counseling, assessing mental fitness and thus approving or declining the request by potential patients for the procedure. This job is somewhat ironic as she purportedly aborted a pregnancy when she was seventeen, nineteen years ago. Her stepfather urged her to go through with the pregnancy and give the baby up for adoption, he, now dead, the only person in her personal life who knew that she went through with it. She is approached by Nicky, an aspiring filmmaker, who has proof of her son's identity, said son who threw such information away in no longer wanting to contact her. As his application for a scholarship to the AFI, Nicky wants to make a film on Mamie "discovering" her son. Not wanting to have her story splashed across a movie screen, especially as the biological father is still in her life and doesn't know, while wanting to know the identity of her son which Nicky won't divulge unless she agrees to the documentary, Mamie enlists the help of her masseuse boyfriend, Mexican immigrant Javier, to throw Nicky off the track of her plan of stealing the information from him while helping him with his AFI scholarship submission. Mamie, Nicky and Javier's lives may take a turn as documentaries often take on a life of their own. In story two, Charley, Mamie's stepbrother, who is the biological father of Mamie's child from a very brief sexual relationship they had after her mother and his father married, has grown up to realize his homosexual orientation. Managing the last existing of the chain restaurants he and Mamie inherited from their father, Charley is in a long term relationship with Gil, an architect. They are best friends with Gil's friend from high school, Pam, and her current partner, Diane. Pam and Diane had once asked Gil to be the sperm donor to artificially inseminate Pam, but ultimately they decided to use sperm from a bank instead that resulted in their now two year old son, Max. Sharing his belief with Gil but not the extent to which he is going, Charley is convinced that Pam and Diane did end up using Gil's sperm to father Max without telling them, he going on a quest to discover proof. And in story three, twenty-two year Otis has worked at Charley's restaurant for two years. He also plays in a band. Not the best drummer or backup vocalist, Otis' band-mates keep him in the band as his wealthy father, Frank, provides the band with many of their toys, he spreading his money easily to those in his life. Still in the closet in fearing Frank's disapproval, inexperienced Otis secretly has a crush on Charley. Needing a temporary vocalist, the band ends up hiring Jude, who Otis met performing karaoke at the restaurant. Opportunistic Jude knows the situation into which she is walking, she using Otis' naiveté to get to Frank and his money.
Run Time: . MMPA: 18 . Release: Jan 20, 2005
Director: Director: Don Roos,
Friends with Money 2006
5.8 /10
Four women friends: three are wealthy and married plus there's Olivia, a former teacher who's now a maid. The marriages are in various states of health: Franny and Matt are happy and very rich. Christine and David write screenplays together, are remodeling their house, and argue. Jane is angry all the time and Aaron, who's an attentive husband, strikes everyone as gay. Franny sets up Olivia with a friend of hers, Mike, a personal trainer, and Olivia takes him with her to a couple of housecleaning jobs. A benefit dinner for ALS, an awkward guy named Marty whose place Olivia cleans, and a French maid's outfit figure in the story. Is there more to life than its problems?
Run Time: . MMPA: 17 . Release: Apr 07, 2006
Director: Director: Nicole Holofcener,
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener,
Fallen Leaves 2023
7.4 /10
The story of two lonely people who meet each other by chance in the Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives. Their path towards this honorable goal is clouded by the man's alcoholism, lost phone numbers, not knowing each other's names or addresses, and life's general tendency to place obstacles in the way of those seeking their happiness.
Run Time: 81 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Sep 14, 2023
Director: Director: Aki Kaurismki,
Stars: Alma Pysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiinen, Nuppu Koivu, Alina Tomnikov,
Cat Person 2023
6 /10
When Margot, a college sophomore, goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that IRL Robert doesn’t live up to the Robert she has been flirting with over texts.
Run Time: 118 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Oct 06, 2023
Director: Director: Susanna Fogel,
Stars: Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Isabella Rossellini, Hope Davis,
Shallow Hal 2001
6 /10
After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru Tony Robbins. Intrigued by Hal's shallowness, Robbins hypnotizes him into seeing the beauty that exists even in the least physically appealing women. Hal soon falls for Rosemary, but he doesn't realize that his gorgeous girlfriend is actually a 300-pound-not-so-hottie.
Run Time: 114 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Nov 01, 2001
Director: Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly,
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Rene Kirby,
The Squid and the Whale 2005
7.3 /10
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Run Time: 81 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Oct 05, 2005
Director: Director: Noah Baumbach,
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin,
Saved! 2004
6.7 /10
Mary is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school where she has good Christian friends and a perfect Christian boyfriend. Her life seems perfect, until the day that she finds out that her boyfriend may be gay — and that she’s pregnant.
Run Time: 92 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Jan 21, 2004
Director: Director: Brian Dannelly,
Stars: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Heather Matarazzo,
Flashbacks of a Fool 2008
6.8 /10
An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970's Britain.
Run Time: 110 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jun 05, 2008
Director: Director: Baillie Walsh,
Stars: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Miriam Karlin, Jodhi May, Helen McCrory,
Someone Like You... 2001
6 /10
Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane begins an extensive study of the male animal, including her womanizing roommate Eddie. Jane puts her studies and romantic misadventure to use as a pseudonymous sex columnist -- and becomes a sensation.
Run Time: 97 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Mar 30, 2001
Director: Director: Tony Goldwyn,
Stars: Ashley Judd, Greg Kinnear, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Barkin,
Secretary 2002
6.9 /10
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Run Time: 104 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 20, 2002
Director: Director: Steven Shainberg,
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Spader, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie,
Saving Silverman 2001
5.8 /10
A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
Run Time: 90 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Feb 09, 2001
Director: Director: Dennis Dugan,
Stars: Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Jason Biggs, Amanda Peet, Amanda Detmer,
You Kill Me 2007
6.4 /10
While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.
Run Time: 90 Min . MMPA: 16 . Release: Feb 09, 2007
Director: Director: John Dahl,
Stars: Ben Kingsley, Ta Leoni, Luke Wilson, Bill Pullman, Dennis Farina,
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