Wednesday, December 9, 2009
THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE
Drama
PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Mike Binder: novelist Sam Shapiro
Robin Wright Penn: mid-40’s Pippa Lee
Alan Arkin: her much older retired publisher husband Herb
Winona Ryder: Sam’s wife Sandra
Blake Lively: the teenaged Pippa Sarkissian
Maria Bello: Pippa’s mother Suky
Robin Weigert: Pippa’s aunt Trish
Julianne Moore: Trish’s photographer roomie Kat
Monica Bellucci: Herb’s first wife Gigi
Ryan McDonald: Pippa and Herb’s lawyer son Ben
Zoe Kazan: their photojournalist daughter Grace
Keanu Reeves: Pippa and Herb’s 35-year-old neighbour Chris
REVIEW
Seamlessly introducing flashbacks is a good way to learn something of Pippa’s earlier life. Amongst several good actors, Robin Wright Penn’s performance really stands out above the rest. Her portrayal of a complex character comes across as real, not only in what she says but with her facial expressions too.
Adequate time is given to flesh out the many characters yet still keeping the run time to a reasonable hour and a half. That in itself is quite a remarkable job.
CLASSIFICATION
for sexual content, brief nudity, some drug use and profanity.
FOR NITPICKERS ONLY
The milk carton has a mind of its own: between shots it moves ever so slightly, sometimes aligned with the cereal box, other times not.
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