Directed by:
Julian FarinoScreenplay:
Ian HelferCinematography:
Steven FierbergCast:
Hugh Laurie, Leighton Meester, Catherine Keener, Alia Shawkat, Adam Brody, Allison Janney, Tim Guinee, Oliver Platt, Cassidy Gard, Aya Cash, Sam Rosen (more)VOD (1)
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David and Paige Walling (Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener) and Terry and Cathy Ostroff (Oliver Platt, Allison Janney) are best friends and neighbours living on Orange Drive in suburban New Jersey. Their comfortable existence goes awry when prodigal daughter Nina Ostroff (Leighton Meester), newly broken up with her fiancé, returns home for Thanksgiving after a 5-year absence. Rather than developing an interest in the successful son of her neighbours, Toby Walling (Adam Brody), which would please both families, it’s her parents’ best friend David who captures Nina’s attention. When the connection between Nina and David becomes undeniable, everyone’s lives are thrown into upheaval, particularly Vanessa Walling’s (Alia Shawkat), Nina’s childhood best friend. It’s not long before the ramifications of the affair begin to work on all of the family members in unexpected and hilarious ways, leading everyone to reawaken to their lives and reassess what it means to be happy. (Paramount Home Entertainment)
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This is what the movie’s atmosphere felt like: my girlfriend and me played the movie. I shouted: “Aw, Dr. House” and she shouted: “Aw, Blair Waldorf” or whoever and then we both fell asleep. This movie didn’t even manage to be interesting after half an hour. One gets excited about the actors, but the story is the worst case of boredom I’ve seen in a very long time. What can you do… until next time.
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