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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2009

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.

Movie details

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

“She lived many lives ― except her own.”

2009 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 38m

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5.9 / 10

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After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Rebecca Miller

Written by

Rebecca Miller

Robin Wright

Robin Wright

Pippa Lee

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Herb Lee

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Chris Nadeau

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Kat

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Sandra Dulles

Mike Binder

Mike Binder

Sam Shapiro

Cornel West

Cornel West

Don Sexton

Court is in session

Put The Private Lives of Pippa Lee 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.