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She's Funny That Way

She's Funny That Way

Comedy · Romance · 2015

On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.

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She's Funny That Way

“Show biz has always been a little screwball.”

2015 Comedy · Romance 1h 33m

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5.9 / 10

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On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.

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Directed by

Peter Bogdanovich

Written by

Louise Stratten · Peter Bogdanovich

Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson

Arnold Albertson

Imogen Poots

Imogen Poots

Isabella Patterson

Kathryn Hahn

Kathryn Hahn

Delta Simmons

Will Forte

Will Forte

Joshua Fleet

Lucy Punch

Lucy Punch

Kandi

Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

Vivian Claremont

Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherd

Nettie Finkelstein

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The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.