Directors: Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin
Running Time: 114 minutes
Synopsis: In picturesque Wendover, Massachusetts, Hildy Good (Sigourney Weaver) is a realtor with a drinking problem. Having lost her (also alcoholic) mother to suicide and her husband to another man, Hildy is now concealing her drinking from her two grown daughters and attempting to revive her struggling business. She attempts to sell the house of a couple with an autistic child while pursuing an opportunity to rekindle a relationship with old flame Frank (Kevin Kline). She also gets into the middle of an affair between newcomer Rebecca (Morena Baccarin) and the town's therapist Peter (Rob Delaney).
What Works Well: In this adaptation of the Ann Leary novel, Sigourney Weaver is predictably excellent as a woman lying to herself and drowning in the misconception that she is the smartest person in town. Kevin Kline adds heft as the successful local scrappy businessman hiding empathy beneath layers of grime. The gossipy everyone-knows-everything-about-everyone-else small town milieu energizes the backdrop, and the eclectic collection of secondary characters adds plenty of animation.
What Does Not Work As Well: Hildy's frequent breaking of the fourth wall is a questionable artistic decision, and ultimately this is a story steeped in familiarity.
Key Quote:
Hildy, recognizing she's walked into an intervention: Well, if we're really going to do this, I need a drink.
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