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Original title

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Year

2010

Running time

90 min.

Country

United States

Director

Nicole Holofcener

Screenwriter

Nicole Holofcener

Cast

Music

Marcelo Zarvos

Cinematography

Yaron Orbach

Producer

Feelin' Guilty, Likely Story, Sony Pictures Classics

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Family Relationships. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in apartment the couple owns. Kate (Catherine Keener) and Alex (Oliver Platt), a married couple who run a successful business reselling estate-sale furniture, live in Manhattan with their teenage daughter, Abby. Wanting to expand their two-bedroom apartment, they buy the unit next door, planning to knock the walls out. However, before doing so, they have to wait for the occupant, Andra, a cranky elderly woman, to die. The wait becomes complicated when the family develops relationships with Andra and her two grown granddaughters.

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Awards: 2010: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

2010: Independent Spirit Awards: Robert Altman Award. Nominated for Best Screenplay

2010: Satellite Awards: Best Editing

2010: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Screenplay

2010: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Screenplay

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Critics' reviews

"One of the best movies of the year so far. An insightful, darkly funny and multi-layered character study about class and family"

Richard Roeper: Ebert & Roeper
"A muted, almost Rohmer-like moral tale that doesn't quite dive deeply enough into its several characters (...) Nicole Holofcener has made perhaps the ultimate New York movie"

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
"This gorgeous film, always tender and sometimes dark, is a deeply resonant comic drama"

Joe Morgenstern: The Wall Street Journal
"Some people might find it distasteful to make a movie about guilty rich folks who give themselves permission to splurge. Others will rightly appreciate the honesty."

Noel Murray: Los Angeles Times
"The cast is uniformly spectacular, infusing the characters with nuance and complexity."

Connie Ogle: Miami Herald
"Two possible ways of regarding 'Please Give': It's shallow. Or maybe it's deeply shallow."

Kyle Smith: New York Post
"An indie with real pedigree and smarts"

David Hughes: Empire
"A movie as generous, stingy, and biting - and memorable - as its six main characters."

Carrie Rickey: Philadelphia Inquirer

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