Please Give (2010) d: Nicole Holofcener, Sony Pictures Classics.Funny, sweet, and melancholy, all at the same. This is a movie about the intersection of various characters in each other's lives: two sisters, one in her earlier twenties, the other a little older; their elderly grandmother; a couple in their forties who live next to the grandmother; and the couple's fifteen-year-old daughter. Each character is just a little bit lost, a little bit adrift. The grandmother is just plain rude. I loved this picture. Nicole Holofcener, doesn't make pictures often, but when she does they're fantastic. The actors in this are all fantastic as well. Catherine Keener can do no wrong. Rebecca Hall is perfect in this. Sarah Steele, as the daughter with acne, has a couple of killer lines. This is indie dramedy at its best, folks. A gem. 5 out of 5 stars.
