Plot:
Mamie (Lisa Kudrow) is being blackmailed. This filmmaker named Nick (Jesse Bradford) claims to know Mamie's son - the one she gave up for adoption - but Nick won't introduce her to him unless he can film the reunion. Enter Javier (Bobby Cannavale), Mamie's massage therapist boyfriend, who convinces Nick to film him instead. Now they're all making a movie about massage. And 'happy endings'... Charley (Steve Coogan) has a longtime boyfriend named Gil (David Sutcliffe). Their best friends, Pam and Diane (Laura Dern and Sarah Clarke), once tried using Gil as a sperm donor. They said his sperm didn't take, but Charley thinks those selfish, control-freak lesbians are lying. Pam and Diane's two-year-old son looks exactly like Gil. And it's time to set the record straight... Jude (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is pissed. Not at anyone in particular. Just in general. When her cousin kicks her out of the house, Jude shacks up with Otis (Jason Ritter), who's still trying to convince his father, Frank (Tom Arnold), that he's straight. Frank's a widower. And he's rich. So Jude decides to sleep with him, too. Really. The last thing she expected was to fall in love.
Genres: Comedy and Drama
Running Time: 2 hrs. 08 min.
Release Date: July 15th, 2005 (limited).
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, language and some drug use.
Distributor: Lions Gate Films
Starring: Lisa Kudrow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Steve Coogan, Laura Dern, Jesse Bradford, David Sutcliffe, Jason Ritter, Tom Arnold, Bobby Cannavale
Directed by: Don Roos
Produced by: Mike Elliott, Holly Wiersma, Tom Ortenberg
I really liked
THE OPPOSITE OF SEX (7/10 or B). It had a real biting sense of humor and some great lines. This looks like another solid one. If this ever expanded enough to come to my theater I'd definitely go. I doubt it will though, so I'll be seeing it on DVD for sure.
The cast is really solid. David Sutcliffe is so hot as Rory's dad on
GILMORE GIRLS. Maggie rocks! Jason Ritter is cute. Lisa is funny! Bobby was great in
THE STATION AGENT. Overall just a nice, solid cast.
So far the reviews for this one aren't great like they were for
THE OPPOSITE OF SEX, but oh well. I still really want to see it. And I love Lions Gate. I just wish this was coming out after
THE DEVIL'S REJECTS because if it were my theater might have a
HAPPY ENDINGS trailer before
REJECTS. But now with this one coming out first it's really unlikely. They wouldn't have one showing in front of it for a movie already playing. It's unusual for that to happen anyway, but maybe it's still possible since this one would still be expanding.
