Acclaimed director/writer Kelley Reichardt (most recently made Meeks' Cutoff) adapted three short stories by Maile Meloy and, as mentioned earlier, the connections between them are tenuous at best. There are a couple of lines that stuck with me, though, one from Dern about sexism in her law career and another from Stewart about her family's expectations. Williams' character is also a bit of a trailblazer but her tightly wound Gina just annoyed me. Again, it could have been the emotions I was feeling that day. Reichardt and the movie have several more nominations and one win so far.
Composer Jeff Grace, who also scored Meek's Cutoff, provides nice tunes which are nowhere to be found online.
Two of my friends and many critics loved this movie, with Rotten Tomatoes' professional average coming in at 89%. Their audiences are more in line with us at 51. Maybe those who don't need to be cheered up will like it better than we did.
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