Top billed cast

1. 

   Charlize Theron

   Mavis Gary

2. 

   Patton Oswalt

   Matt Freehauf

3. 

   Patrick Wilson

   Buddy Slade

4. 

   Elizabeth Reaser

   Beth Slade

5. 

   Collette Wolfe

   Sandra Freehauf

6. 

   Jill Eikenberry

   Hedda Gary

7. 

   Richard Bekins

   David Gary

8. 

   Mary Beth Hurt

   Jan

9. 

   Kate Nowlin

   Mary Ellen Trantowski

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-02-24

The premiss is that Charlize Theron ("Mavis Gary") is an erstwhile successful novelist, now divorced, borderline alcoholic and bored. She heads back to her home town in Minnesota to catch up with her parents - and, more importantly, to hook up with her now married ex-boyfriend, who now has a baby... When she arrives, she initially meets up with the guy whom everyone thought was gay at school, and was (very) badly beaten up, who warns her off her intended - "Buddy Slade" (good looking, but wooden as a skateboard Patrick Wilson). To be honest, I found this quite a hard watch - Theron is so convi...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$12,000,000.00

Revenue
$22,939,027.00

Keywords

• jealousy
• dark comedy
• writer
• divorce
• alcoholic
• arrested development