Lovely and Amazing

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Nicole Holofcener's smart, acidic comedy ''Lovely and Amazing'' zeroes in on contemporary narcissism and its fallout with a relentless, needling accuracy that illustrates exactly the way some people allow their personal insecurities and tics to poison their intimate relationships. Almost to a person, the film's mostly female characters are afflicted by our society's obsession with looks, to the degree that they never stop finding fault with themselves in the mirrors of their infinitely self-critical minds.

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)

cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Catherine Keener, Emily Mortimer, Brenda Blethyn Writer/director: Nicole Holofcener

A mother must teach her three daughters about beauty and insecurity.

Critics Consensus: The bitingly truthful Lovely & Amazing is a smart and perceptive female character study.

The four women in "Lovely & Amazing" have been described as a dysfunctional family, but they function better than some, and at least they're out there looking. 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 "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." Jane Marks (Brenda Blethyn), the mother, 50ish, had two daughters at the usual season of her life, and now has adopted a third, 8-year-old Annie (Raven Goodwin), who is African American. Her grown daughters are Michelle (Catherine Keener), who tries to escape from a pointless marriage through her pointless art, and Elizabeth (Emily Mortimer), who is an actress who cares more about dogs than acting.

Directed by Nicole Holofcener. With Catherine Keener, Brenda Blethyn, Troy Ruptash, Emily Mortimer. Self-esteem and insecurity are at the heart of this comedy about the relationship between a mother and her three confused daughters.

Lovely and Amazing is a 2001 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener.