Enough Said

 

Enough Said 2013

• Director: Nicole Holofcener
• Seen by this director: 2 episodes of Six Feet Under
• Based on a book: no
• Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Toni Collette, Tracy Fairaway, Catherine Keener, Tavi Gevinson
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus – clips from this and that
• James Gandolfini – Zero Dark Thirty, Not Fade Away, Welcome to the Rileys, In the Loop, The Sopranos, Romance & Cigarettes, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Get Shorty, True Romance
• Toni Collette – Hereditary, Unlocked, Imperium, A Long Way Down, Mental, The Dead Girl, Night Listener, Little Miss Sunshine, In Her Shoes, The Hours, About a Boy, Hotel Splendide, The Sixth Sense, Velvet Goldmine, Muriel’s Wedding
• Catherine Keener – The Soloist, Into the Wild, The Interpreter, Full Frontal, Being John Malkovich
• Why? Toni Collette. James Gandolfini.
• Seen: 5 September 2020      

       Eva (Louis-Dreyfuss) and Albert (Gandolfini), both divorced, both parents to teenaged daughters, meet at a party and become lovers. Eva unknowingly becomes friends with Albert’s ex Marianne (Keener) and learns more than she wants to.

       It’s very talky and not very interesting for the first hour. It gets better when it takes a heavier turn and the end was only tentatively feel-good so that’s a tentative plus.

       Unfortunately Collette has only a small role without much room for character development (I would have preferred her in the lead), but Gandolfini is solid as always and Tracy Fairaway and Tavi Gevinson as Eva’s daughter and her friend are young actors to keep an eye on. They were both very good.

 

3 ½ * of 5