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Lovely and Amazing movie storyline. The Marks family is a tightly-knit quartet of women. Jane is the affluent matriarch whose 3 daughters seem to have nothing in common except for a peculiar sort of idealism. Setting the tone of vanity and insecurity, Jane is undergoing cosmetic surgery to alter her figure, but serious complications put her health in real danger. Former homecoming queen Michelle, the eldest daughter, has one daughter of her own and an alienated, unsupportive husband.
Elizabeth, the middle sister, has an acting career that is beginning to take off, but is timid and insecure, and habitually relieves her trepidation by taking in stray dogs. Only the youngest sister, Annie, an adopted African American 8-year-old, stands a chance of avoiding the family legacy of anxious self-absorption. If only her intelligence and curiosity will see her through what promises to be a confusing adolescence. Each of the women seeks redemption in her own haphazard way.
Lovely and Amazing is a 2001 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener and starring Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer, Raven Goodwin, Jake Gyllenhaal, James LeGros, Dermot Mulroney, Kristen Dalton, Brooke Allison and Ashlynn Rose.
The film debuted at the 2001 Telluride Film Festival. Prior to its initial limited release in New York City and Los Angeles, it was shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Tribeca Film Festival. In its widest release, the film played on only 175 screens in the US. It grossed $4,210,379 domestically and $485,402 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $4,695,781.
Lovely and Amazing (2001)
Directed by: Nicole Holofcener
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer, Raven Goodwin, Jake Gyllenhaal, James LeGros, Dermot Mulroney, Kristen Dalton, Brooke Allison, Ashlynn Rose
Screenplay by: Nicole Holofcener
Production Design by: Devorah Herbert
Cinematography by: Harlan Bosmajian
Film Editing by: Robert Frazen
Costume Design by: Vanessa Vogel
Art Direction by: Missy Parker
Music by: Craig Richey
MPAA Rating: R for language and nudity.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: June 28, 2002
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