Trailer - Jayne (Parker Posey) and Laura (Demi Moore) are about to take on the first man they just might not be able to handle: their seventy something-year-old father Joe (Rip Torn). Dutiful daughters returning to the house they grew up in, Jayne and Laura are forced to take a closer look at their own not-so-perfect lives while dodging childhood memories. Laura suspects that Joe needs full-time care, but Jayne refuses to believe that their fathers condition is that serious. Jaynes compulsion to escape reality only increases Lauras attempts to yank her back down to earth. Meanwhile, Joe still sings and plays the blues on his prized guitar, and the lively widower even has a new ladyfriend, shameless and sassy Shelly (Ellen Barkin). But as the visible moments of their fathers impending senility increase, the family dynamics spiral out of control. Tensions flare as the close sisters must also juggle their own very different lives Lauras busy environmentalist work schedule and mother of three small children, and Jayne, desperate to finally have a baby with her workaholic art-dealing husband Jackson (Christian Camargo). Their adventures back home are not without magic, mischief and mayhem, and even a search for buried treasure in the backyard! In the end, any tears that Jayne and Laura might shed will be happy ones.
Loved this little comedy. Ellen Barkin is hilarious, and extremely sexy. Parker and Demi are great, and Rip Torn is open and wooly. THe kind of film I want to see. WHy Parker never played the Hepburn role in Avatar is beyond me. She would have been perfect. SO happy to see Ellen making films again. Such guts and class.
And by the way, I did NOT see it for free. Do you really want your local cinema to close?
sclogse1 1 year ago
I saw this movie online for free at HuluFilms (.) NET
sarajones1870 1 year ago
Oh wow. This movie is SO true!!!! IF i had to take care of my father i would be just like this! I watched this film at thefreeonlinemovies com
MarieBrantmq454 2 years ago