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About this movie

Genres:
Drama
Language:
English
Running time:
1:43:56
Partner rating:
PG-13
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Diane Keaton Beth
  2. Kevin Kline Joseph
  3. Dianne Wiest Penny
  4. Richard Jenkins Russell
  5. Sam Shepard Sheriff Morris
  6. Elisabeth Moss Grace
  7. Mark Duplass Bryan
  8. Ayelet Zurer Carmen
  9. Zack Phifer Comforting Husband
  10. Lindsay Sloane Ellie

Directors

  1. Lawrence Kasdan

Producers

  1. Elizabeth Redleaf
  2. Lawrence Kasdan
  3. Anthony Bregman

Writers

  1. Lawrence Kasdan

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Darling Companion


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An aging couple find the happiness of their daughter's wedding offset by the emotional distress of losing their beloved dog in this comedy-drama from director Lawrence Kasdan. Beth (Diane Keaton) and her daughter Grace (Elizabeth Moss) are driving down a Denver freeway on a chilly winter day when Beth rescues a lost dog on the side of the road. Naming her new companion "Freeway," Beth forges a strong bond with her new pet while growing increas... An aging couple find the happiness of their daughter's wedding offset by the emotional distress of losing their beloved dog in this comedy-drama from director Lawrence Kasdan. Beth (Diane Keaton) and her daughter Grace (Elizabeth Moss) are driving down a Denver freeway on a chilly winter day when Beth rescues a lost dog on the side of the road. Naming her new companion "Freeway," Beth forges a strong bond with her new pet while growing increasing frustrated with her husband Joseph (Kevin Kline) -- a self-centered doctor who shows more concern for his patients than he does for his own children. But shortly after Grace's wedding in the Rockies, Freeway runs off during a walk with Joseph. Furious at Joseph and devastated at the loss of losing her loyal pet, Beth recruits remaining wedding guests Penny (Dianne Wiest), Russell (Richard Jenkins), and Bryan (Mark Duplass) -- and enigmatic stranger Carmen (Ayelet Zurer) to help bring Freeway home safely. Along the way, Beth finds her crumbling marriage to Joseph put to the ultimate test.
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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

22%Tomatometer score: 22% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Negative review
    Tom Long, Detroit News Between the gypsy psychic and the distracting characters, "Darling Companion" loses its way. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Ty Burr, Boston Globe It's far from a great movie - an overwritten, underplotted vanity project that's a distant echo of what director Lawrence Kasdan could do in his prime. But it has Diane Keaton, and that's enough. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer It's fun to watch Keaton and Kline together, bickering and (of course) bonding all over again. Full review External link
  4. Negative review
    Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune If good intentions were everything, this benevolent film would be Best in Show. Alas, it's flawed by a drowsy pace (there is far too much hiking) and superfluous, ill-conceived characters. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald The movie takes a simple if shattering occurrence and uses it as a way to bring a family together, an old trick but one well played by director Lawrence Kasdan and his wife and screenwriting... Full review External link

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