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Please Give

Please Give

Comedy · Drama · 2010

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

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Please Give

2010 Comedy · Drama 1h 30m

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6.2 / 10

Community rating

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

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Nicole Holofcener

Written by

Nicole Holofcener

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener

Kate

Amanda Peet

Amanda Peet

Mary

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Alex

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall

Rebecca

Ann Morgan Guilbert

Ann Morgan Guilbert

Andra

Lois Smith

Lois Smith

Mrs. Portman

Sarah Steele

Sarah Steele

Abby

Court is in session

Put Please Give on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“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.