She's So Lovely

R

Released Aug 27, 1997

1 hr. 37 min.

Drama

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41 Reviews

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61%

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Institutionalized for an accidental shooting, a man (Sean Penn) returns 10 years later to find his wife (Robin Wright Penn) remarried with children.

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Nick Cassavettes directs Sean Penn, Robin Wright, Debi Mazar, the late Harry Dean Stanton, the late James Gamdolfini, and John Travolta Two respective men bid for the affection of Maureen Murphy Quinn in two parts of her life Eddie Quinn used to be married to Maureen until a mistake landed him in a psychiatric hospital He gets out but discovers she's moved on with three children and a new husband, Joey Joey makes it quite clear Eddie should just walk away and leave Maureen alone but Eddie isn't one to back down It becomes a tricky love triangle with clashing of what the other really wants or who's filling the empty void Stanton co-stars as a friend of Penn's character, and Gandolfini plays the abusive neighbor Oh my god this opening took a brutal 48 min just to get started Plots should not take that long to set things up Once Travolta and the kids show up the film does get a bit more juicy in the drama department Both of them showcase their talent for raw emotions And it's a real meditation on love and madness, sometimes they're one in the same A flawed, uneven but really well-acted exercise

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/30/23

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jon c

Nick Cassavettes directs Sean Penn, Robin Wright, Debi Mazar, the late Harry Dean Stanton, the late James Gamdolfini, and John Travolta Two respective men bid for the affection of Maureen Murphy Quinn in two parts of her life Eddie Quinn used to be married to Maureen until a mistake landed him in a psychiatric hospital He gets out but discovers she's moved on with three children and a new husband, Joey Joey makes it quite clear Eddie should just walk away and leave Maureen alone but Eddie isn't one to back down It becomes a tricky love triangle with clashing of what the other really wants or who's filling the empty void Stanton co-stars as a friend of Penn's character, and Gandolfini plays the abusive neighbor Oh my god this opening took a brutal 48 min just to get started Plots should not take that long to set things up Once Travolta and the kids show up the film does get a bit more juicy in the drama department Both Penn's showcase their talent for raw emotions And it's a real meditation on love and madness, sometimes they're one in the same A flawed, uneven but really well-acted exercise

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Sean and Robin are the on screen dysfunctional and addicted couple. Penn goes to jail. Wright marries Travolta. And the ending is bizarre when Sean comes back to reclaim her.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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daniel g

Despicable idiotic movie full of nonsense

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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andrey k

Brilliantly acted, especially by Robin Wright, and filmed but behind this is absolute shallowness. What this movie tries to convey? That a modern woman can be and, moreover, should be so independent that her drunkness and whoreness must be evaluated as number 1 priority and no one should blame her, no one! Not even her three daughters. Sorry, girls. And year, that her jerk of a husband is a truly evil person here, no doubt.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Hilarious, quite touching, but also puzzling.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Nick Cassavetes

Director

Sean Penn

Eddie Quinn

Robin Wright

Maureen Murphy Quinn

John Travolta

Joey Germoni

Harry Dean Stanton

Tony 'Shorty' Russo

Debi Mazar

Georgie

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Rated: B

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Emanuel Levy

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Based on Cassavetes pere script, this Cassavetes fils meditation on love and madness is a truly curioisity item, lacking the master's profound ideas and rich subtext; 20 years ago, it would have starred Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk.

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Mick LaSalle

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Rated: 3/4

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Rated: 4/5

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Rated: 3/5

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Synopsis

Institutionalized for an accidental shooting, a man (Sean Penn) returns 10 years later to find his wife (Robin Wright Penn) remarried with children.

Director: Nick Cassavetes
Executive Producer: Bernard Bouix, Gérard Depardieu, Sean Penn, John Travolta
Screenwriter: John Cassavetes
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Miramax
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 27, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 11, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.3M
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1), 35mm

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