Synopsis
A Midwestern housewife supports her large family by entering contests for ad slogans sponsored by consumer product companies, while dealing with abuse from her alcoholic husband. Based on a true story.
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Cast
- Julianne MooreEvelyn Ryan
- Woody HarrelsonKelly Ryan
- Laura DernDortha Schaefer
- Trevor MorganBruce Ryan
- Ellary PorterfieldTuff Ryan
- Simon ReynoldsRay the Milkman
- Robert ClarkDick Ryan
- Michael SeaterBub Ryan at 15 yrs
- Jordan TodoseyTuff Ryan at 9 yrs
- Jack MurrayRog Ryan at 17 yrs
Recommandations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Avoids obvious sentiment and predictable emotion and shows this woman somehow holding it together year after year, entering goofy contests that for her family mean life and death. - 80
Variety
Even more than in "Far From Heaven," Moore's housebound wife is a study in pent-up brilliance, with extraordinary devotion to her family. - 75
USA Today
An engaging film bolstered by the stellar performance of Julianne Moore. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A spirited comic drama, toplined by Moore's lovely performance. - 70
The New York Times
Gently, affectionately and with wit, this lovely movie gives the 1950's its due, but not for a moment does it go overboard and make you want to go back there. - 50
Village Voice
Shameless Eisenhower-era corn. - 50
The A.V. Club
Moore's scenes with a miscast-but-game Harrelson offer a study in how spouses learn to handle even their partners' most destructive impulses, but in most other moments, Anderson fails to get beyond the surface of her characters' lives. - 50
Chicago Tribune
No one expects documentary realism in these memoir-to-movie transfers. It's reasonable, however, to expect more vibrant and expressive fictionalized treatment than this.
