Synopsis
A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.
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Cast
- Catherine KeenerDiane Hudson
- Elizabeth OlsenZoe Hudson
- Nat WolffJake Hudson
- Jane FondaGrace
- Jeffrey Dean MorganJude
- Chace CrawfordCole
- Marissa O'DonnellTara
- Kyle MacLachlanMark Hudson
- Joseph DunnRichard
- Ann OsmondCindy
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
An undemanding formula picture that's a lot of superficial fun and not much more. - 70
Variety
May not be great cinema, but its broad, crowdpleasing qualities should make it a welcome night out for femmes. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
The saving grace to the utter predictability in Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski's screenplay is reasonably personable characters and spirited acting by director Bruce Beresford's cast. - 55
Movieline
None of it quite works, but it seems Beresford did his damnedest to try to pull it off. - 50
Slant Magazine
What saves the film from being simply a schematic mother-daughter reconciliation drama is both the reluctance and prickliness that Catherine Keener brings to her character. - 50
The A.V. Club
Olsen, so good in "Martha Marcy May Marlene," is stuck playing a judgmental scold, while Wolff waves a video camera around and insists he wants to be Werner Herzog. - 50
Miami Herald
The script is so pre-determined it seems generated by a computer program, not human beings. - 40
Time Out
Only the mighty Fonda cuts through the claptrap; the rest is just a long, predictable trip.
