Three of Hollywood's most beautiful and talented actresses, Ryan, Keaton, and Kudrow, are totally wasted in this shamelessly sappy meller that bears the schmaltzy sensibility of Nora Ephorn, its inept producer and co-scripter even though Keaton is helmer
Hanging Up
Every family has a few hang-ups.
2000 · 1h 34m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Diane Keaton
Overview
Three sisters - Georgia, Eve, and Maddy - do what they do best with life, love, and lunacy on the telephone lines that bind - when their curmudgeonly father, Lou, is admitted to a Los Angeles Hospital. After years of wild living, intermittent affection, and constant phoning, he is finally threatening to die.
Director and cast
- Diane Keaton Director
- Meg Ryan as Eve Mozell Marks
- Diane Keaton as Georgia Mozell
- Lisa Kudrow as Maddy Mozell
- Walter Matthau as Lou Mozell
- Myndy Crist as Dr. Kelly
- Adam Arkin as Joe Marks
- Shaun Duke as Dr. Omar Kunundar
- Ann Bortolotti as Ogmed Kunundar
- Cloris Leachman as Pat Mozell
- Maree Cheatham Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Too phony to be anything truly heartfelt.
Like people who compulsively giggle whenever they tell you bad news, the movie runs for cover in lame, comic shtick.
Ten minutes into it, you're making low moans. Fifteen minutes into it, you have plucked out all of your hair. Gone! You're bald, you're unhappy, and the movie's only just begun.
The script flips from hack sentimentality to sitcom shtick with predictable rhythms.
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