The Private Lives of Pippa Lee R

She lived many lives - except her own.
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 38 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: March 2, 2010
  • Originally Released: 2009
  • Label: Screen Media

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Rating: 3/4 -- Penn is such an intelligent performer that it's easy for us to believe everyone else in the film sees a different side -- a different life -- of the enigmatic Pippa Lee -- and that there are still many other sides to this fascinating character...
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Jan 22, 2010
Rating: 3/4 -- Miller has created a witty satire about society and relationships that is both funny and heartbreaking, delivered by a first-rate cast. Full Review
Toronto Star
Dec 4, 2009
[F]eaturing an Oscar-worthy turn by Robin Wright....Wright gives the title character a complexity and emotional shading often missing in this kind of ensemble comedy/drama.
USA Today
Nov 27, 2009
All the midnight bulimic binges, suicide attempts, sleepwalking, marital chicanery, and little pills don't mean a thing compared to the thrill of being a middle-aged woman sneaking through the bedroom window like a teenager in heat. Full Review
East Bay Express
Dec 15, 2009
Rating: 7.1/10 -- As a woman under the influence of everyone but herself, Pippa often feels lost when she's on her own - a blank slate with no one holding a chalk - Robin Wright Penn allows us to get to know a character who still doesn't really know herself. Full Review
NPR
Jul 4, 2010
Rating: 4/5 -- A feel-good film, both disconcerting and rewarding on all fronts. Full Review
CinemaBlend
Aug 12, 2010
Wright's performance is her most relatable in memory: subtle, sad, humorous and wistful...
Movieline
Nov 24, 2009

Product Description:

Rebecca Miller (THE BALLAD OF JACK & ROSE) adapts her own novel with this comedy drama about a woman who begins a second life after her husband leaves her for a younger woman. Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Penn) is the loving mother of two grown children, and the wife of successful publisher Herb (Alan Arkin). Despite the fact that she's 30 years Herb's junior, Pippa and her husband never fell short on things to talk about. She's always enjoyed the hustle and bustle of New York, but after Herb suffers a serious heart attack, Pippa dutifully moves with him to a quaint suburban home in small-town Connecticut. And for a while at least, she coasts - enjoying frequent dinner parties with her new friends Sam (Mike Binder) and Sandra (Winona Ryder), and spending quiet nights caring for Herb, who has lately grown increasingly distant. That all starts to chance when Chris (Keanu Reeves) comes back to town following a bitter divorce. Gradually, Pippa's suppressed resentments begin bubbling to the surface, highlighting the conflict between the free-spirited girl she used to be, and the frustrated woman who has taken her place. Somewhere along the line, Pippa lost track of her own identity. But Pippa's remarkable journey of self-discovery is just beginning. Julianne Moore, Monica Bellucci, and Maria Bello co-star in a Plan B Entertainment production.

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  • UPC: 852459002537
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