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Living Out Loud

R Released Sep 15, 1998 1h 33m Comedy Drama List
60% Tomatometer 35 Reviews 62% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
After being unceremoniously dumped by her husband, 40-something divorcée Judith Moore (Holly Hunter) tries to make sense of her new existence. She becomes friends with Pat Francato (Danny DeVito), the elevator operator in her high-rise apartment building, who is having marital problems of his own. She also dabbles in a new romance with an attractive masseur, and lets loose in a nightclub ruled by a torch singer, Liz Bailey (Queen Latifah), with whom she soon connects.
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Unoriginal, with one-dimensional characters.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: C Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Daniel M. Kimmel Variety This feminist comedy shot through with fantasies about the travails of newly single womanhood strikes some rich chords, but doesn't quite put together a complete tune. Apr 27, 2005 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight “Living Out Loud” is one of the most fun romantic dramedies of the year. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 4, 2023 Full Review Betty Jo Tucker ReelTalk Movie Reviews 'Living Out Loud' presents the delightful surprise of Danny DeVito as a romantic lead. And he also sings! Jul 12, 2013 Full Review Sean Axmaker Seattle Weekly ... made up of magical moments of revelation that are the film's strength as well as its ultimate weakness. Apr 30, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The greatest movie about jazz and their singers singing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Great movie, great acting, great music, deeply moving, relatable... Holly Hunter superbly understated and brilliant-check out the disco scene. The low ratings here and elsewhere which this movie got are baffling to everyone I know that has seen it. So, if you care about what this site thinks, more than what people like you may thing, skip it, but I don't suggest that you do so. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the worst feminist films I have ever seen. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a wonderful film particularly for women who are coming into there own when life really hits Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Frances H Great acting on the part of the three main leads, but the story doesn't really go anywhere or have much to say. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/18/13 Full Review Audience Member My favorite movie! Watching it now. :) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis After being unceremoniously dumped by her husband, 40-something divorcée Judith Moore (Holly Hunter) tries to make sense of her new existence. She becomes friends with Pat Francato (Danny DeVito), the elevator operator in her high-rise apartment building, who is having marital problems of his own. She also dabbles in a new romance with an attractive masseur, and lets loose in a nightclub ruled by a torch singer, Liz Bailey (Queen Latifah), with whom she soon connects.
Director
Richard LaGravenese
Producer
Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Screenwriter
Richard LaGravenese
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Production Co
New Line Cinema, Jersey Films
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 15, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.9M
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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