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Mood:
- SentimentalContemplativeFeel GoodHumorousTouchingBittersweet
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Plot:
- FriendsSelf DiscoveryFriendshipHomecomingSuburban LifeLifestyleMind and Soul
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Genres:
- ComedyDramaRomanceIndependent
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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- DetroitSuburbs
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In the Land of Women, 2007
English
USA
Profile of In the Land of Women
The mood of In the Land of Women is sentimental, bittersweet, and contemplative. The plot centers around friends, homecoming, and suburban life. It is a drama, comedy, and romance movie. Stylistically, In the Land of Women is talky. In approach, it is realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in the suburbs. In the Land of Women is set in Detroit. It happens in contemporary times. Note that it includes profanity.
Summary of In the Land of Women
IN THE LAND OF WOMEN is a surprisingly somber yet funny coming-of-age tale from director Jonathan Kasdan, and stars Adam Brody in a role not too different from his beloved Seth Cohen on the night-time teen soap THE O.C. Brody, playing a character his own age, breezily inhabits Carter, a loveable but somewhat directionless screenwriter (if you count soft-core porn films) who is dumped by his beautiful but shallow starlet girlfriend Sofia at the start of the film. In crisis mode, he packs up and heads to the Detroit suburb where his senile grandmother (Olympia Dukakis) lives, in an attempt to help her out and get some perspective. While desperately trying to make sense of his grandmother's incoherent ramblings, Carter slaves away at a long-coming screenplay and creates confusing friendships with the mother (Meg Ryan) and daughter (Kristen Stewart) next door.
While the film sometimes seems to be grasping for something it can't quite find, it is entertaining throughout, especially for fans of Brody. Thanks to some clever dialogue, quirky characters, and Brody's oddball line delivery, IN THE LAND OF WOMEN manages to get more than a few laughs. That said, the film also deals with serious issues like sickness and death in a lighthearted way. Ryan and Stewart both add depth to what could be one-dimensional characters, and while Brody's performance doesn't feel like much of a stretch, it's nice to see the actor moving towards some slightly more adult material. Kasdan packs the film to the brim with indie pop songs, providing a hip soundtrack for a story that feels contemporary by refusing to fit the traditional romantic-comedy mold.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 16 April 2007 |
| Runtime: | 97 min |
Cast and Crew
as Carter Webb
as Sarah Hardwicke
as Lucy Hardwicke
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- 07.March.2011
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- by: czk2006
- czk2006 rated this movie
9/10Amazing
- 06.October.2009
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- by: Jeremy Meyers
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