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Release Date:
21 May 1999 (USA)
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Tagline:
No one knows who sent it. No one knows who it's for. But everyone's getting the same message.
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The power of words and images to open hearts. Helen runs, miles a day, to burn off energy: she's an emotional celibate...
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An appreciation of the (often funny) kinds of feelings we have for one another
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kate Capshaw | ... | Helen |
 | Blythe Danner | ... | Lillian MacFarquhar |
 | Ellen DeGeneres | ... | Janet Hall |
 | Julianne Nicholson | ... | Jennifer |
 | Tom Everett Scott | ... | Johnny |
 | Tom Selleck | ... | George Matthias |
 | Gloria Stuart | ... | Eleanor |
 | Bill Buell | ... | Officer Dan |
 | Alice Drummond | ... | Postal Clerk |
 | Erik Jensen | ... | Ray |
| Margaret Ann Brady | ... | Selma |
 | Jessica Capshaw | ... | Kelly |
| Walter Covell | ... | Post Office Customer |
| Patrick Donnelly | ... | Bookstore Customer |
| Lucas Hall | ... | Garbage Man |
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Rated PG-13 on appeal for some sensuality, nudity and strong language.
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88 min
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Colour (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #36560) (re-rating on appeal) |
South Korea:12 |
USA:R (original rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
France:U |
Germany:o.Al. |
Netherlands:AL |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:A |
Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) |
Spain:T |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:15 |
Singapore:PG |
Philippines:PG-13
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Continuity: Johnny jumps in the ocean with his socks on but when he emerges seconds later his feet are bare
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Janet Hall:
Okay, well, here are your books. Uh, the Complete Idiots Guide to Surviving Divorce, The Divorce Workbook, and of course, How Come nobody loves me?
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Referenced in Flushed Away (2006)
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Only The Lonely
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Wow! I'm surprised to see so many negative and lukewarm opinions on this movie, which I had never heard of (apparently it was not highly promoted by the studio) but which I luckily stumbled upon on an international flight. I so thoroughly enjoyed it that now I'm interested in more by director Peter Chan and screenwriter Maria Maggenti. I did not know there was a book, either, but I've made a note of it for future reading, too.
I admit I feel a bit defensive now, in the face of the other comments here on IMDB. So, what did I like and why did I like it? First of all, unlike some other viewers, I thought the movie WAS very funny. It takes sort of a Steve-Martinesque view of the tender absurdity of humans and their feelings about each other (OK, OK, I just saw a stage production of Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and the tone reminded me somewhat of this). Although there is physical humor, too, what I liked most were light touches, like how Ellen DeGeneres' character instantly, wordlessly went back to working for her boss (played by Kate Capshaw) as soon as she got the apology she felt she deserved -- after insisting with great finality that it was all over.
I also felt this film was a celebration of the beautiful but almost lunatic breadth and diversity of the kinds of feelings we group together under the heading of "love": everything from young (and older) wide-eyed lust, to slow steady enduring commitment. As well as friendships, coworker relationships like the one just mentioned, family bonds . . . the list goes on.
Most of all, I guess I appreciated the fond, loving tone of the movie. The artists seem really to like, and love, people. Yes, there ARE quite a few characters, and they're all different ages and different sexes, they're about different trials and tribulations, but they're all treated with light-hearted love and respect, for the sometimes silly but vulnerable beings we all are.
So, if YOU like people, I think you'd like this movie.