Lovely & Amazing

Name: Lovely & Amazing
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: June 28, 2002
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener

2002

METASCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Ratings

See All

7.7

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

7.7	Your Score
7.7	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

Lovely & Amazing

Now Playing: Lovely & Amazing

Movie Details & Credits

Lions Gate Films | Release Date: June 28, 2002 | R

Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Catherine Keener

Summary: This finely observed comedy is an intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. (Lions Gate)

Director: Nicole Holofcener

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 91 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Buy on

Stream On

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

100

Roger Ebert

Here is a movie that knows its women, listens to them, doesn't give them a pass, allows them to be real: It's a rebuke to the shallow "Ya-Ya Sisterhood." Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Like the best of personal, independent cinema -- it is both marvelously observed and completely individual. There is no film like this film, and that is something you don't hear every day. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Lovely & Amazing goes to the heart -- and face, and skin -- of a subject that's sure to ring true with women, and may even educate men.

Lawrence Toppman

Watching Lovely and Amazing is like coming into a long-running, well-written television series where you've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably won't see the next six. Read full review

Jack Mathews

By turns cheerful, funny and melancholy, and at all times honest, Nicole Holofcener's Lovely and Amazing stands out in the current run of ensemble women's films.

Loren King

Delivers a surprising, moving portrait of contemporary womanhood. Read full review

Michael Sragow

Holofcenere genuinely wants to make pictures that plug into an audience's need for intimate contemporary comedies. But she doesn't do enough to quench that thirst. Read full review

SEE ALL 31 REVIEWS

Write a Review

User Reviews

TNgo

Nov 23, 2005

It's just a beautiful film. Only a woman can write and direct this particular film - and I mean that as a compliment. I look forward to Nicole Holofcener's next work.

0 of 0 users found this helpful

MichaelF.

Jun 29, 2002

It's a very good indie. It's depressing and funny. Keener is great at being a bitch and a half as usual. Emily Mortimer is EXTREMELY EXTREMELY cute and is very good too. It is your typical indie, 13 Conversations About One Thing is slightly similar but better. Very Good and great It's a very good indie. It's depressing and funny. Keener is great at being a bitch and a half as usual. Emily Mortimer is EXTREMELY EXTREMELY cute and is very good too. It is your typical indie, 13 Conversations About One Thing is slightly similar but better. Very Good and great performances from a very good script.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful

Dunkaccino

Jul 23, 2023

The critical issue is that the character arcs are needlessly convoluted. This could've worked better if it solely focuses on the family dynamics.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

SEE ALL 3 REVIEWS