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Please Give [DVD] [2011]

Rebecca Hall , Elizabeth Keener , Nicole Holofcener    Suitable for 15 years and over   DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Rebecca Hall, Elizabeth Keener, Elise Ivy, Catherine Keener, Josh Pais
  • Directors: Nicole Holofcener
  • Format: Subtitled, PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
  • Dubbed: French, Italian, Spanish
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Audio Description: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 10 Jan 2011
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003NE4S5S
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 37,687 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Product Description

In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly woman who lives in apartment the couple owns.

Synopsis

Three generations of insecure New Yorkers are put under a microscope in Nicole Holofcener’s critically acclaimed, quirky and hilarious comedy, Please Give.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great little film 4 July 2011
By Blue
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Great little film I thoroughly enjoyed. If you like films such as "Sideways" or "Jane Austen Bookclub" you will probably like this film too. It has that same feeling even though the storyline is nothing similar to those two films. It is just a very grown-up film, warm and happy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars unusual, very enjoyable, beautifully crafted 15 July 2010
By Mr. Ian A. Macfarlane TOP 100 REVIEWER
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This is a thoroughly enjoyable film - fresh, original, neatly scripted, very well acted and directed. Alex (Oliver Platt) and Kate (Catherine Keener, who is outstanding in a very fine cast) make their living by buying retro furniture from the relatives of the recently deceased, which they then sell in a smart specialist shop. Catherine, a nice women, has qualms about the morality of all this - though not sufficiently to stop - and eases her conscience by frequent giving to the on-street homeless, to the annoyance of her 15-year-old daughter who believes she is more generous to these unknowns than to her. Next door lives the waspish and gratuitously rude 90-year-old Andra (Ann Guilbert - also excellent) who is cared for by her kindly but down-trodden grand-daughter Rebecca (Rebecca Hall - the best of the lot, I thought). But Alex and Kate have already bought Andra's apartment in anticipation of her departing this mortal coil, so their relations with Rebecca are rather cool. Rebecca's dysfunctional beautician sister is also about, and there is a marvellously entertaining scene when Alex and Kate invite Andra and both grand-daughters for a meal - Mary is drunk and tactless, Andra as unpleasant as she usually is, Rebecca and Kate embarrassed and the daughter too gloom-ridden about her facial spots to appear ; finally she does, bizarrely and very amusingly disguised. It is the dinner party from hell and great fun to watch.

The plot works itself out enjoyably ; I can't say much about it without spoiling things. In that process we get to know all the characters better and we can feel sympathy for most of them. Rebecca and Kate are very likeable. A lot of the film is gently amusing in a rather off-beat way. It is not an 'issues' film, but the theme of helping the vulnerable and how it is best done gets an airing - and there, late on, we learn something surprising about Andra. The interplay between Alex, Kate and their daughter is very human - they all like each other, but that does not stop them making bad errors of judgement and saying really hard things ; and there is a real element of danger in the family for a while. Rebecca's story develops in an interesting and pleasing way ; Mary's situation remains uncertain. Anyway, the film is certainly fresh and unusual in its plot and central concerns, and the film-making is very accomplished at all levels. That being so - warmly recommended.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth a Look 6 Sep 2011
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I don't really go much on "comedies" these days (- Ben Stiller anyone?) probably because "Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" set the bar too high. Manhatten Murder Mystery is probably the last film I saw and enjoyed in this genre. "Please Give" is a nice little movie with some genuine funny moments and great performances from everybody plus it's nice to see a fat guy married to Catherine Keener! It is worth a look. I'd also recommend Tamara Jenkins' "Slums of Beverly Hills".
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