Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
| 26 September 2004 (USA)
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A middle-aged woman has what she believes is a great life. She's been married for 25 years, she is the book editor at a newspaper where her husband is the editor and they have a great family. That all comes to a screeching halt one day when her husband announces that he is leaving her for a younger woman. Not only that, but the younger woman is her assistant. Not only that, but he's taking the newspaper in "a new direction" and won't need her anymore. It's then that she finds out who her friends and the people who love her really are, and she gets a surprise when she runs into a man from her past.

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Boring

Grimossfer

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

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Bessie Smyth

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

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Kimball

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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veronicammartin

Christine Lahti gives a marvellous performance moving from being unable to cope, to adapting her life and she has the viewer cheering her all the way .Brian Kerwin as her errant husband is suitably pathetic , dithery, useless and unattractive compared to charismatic Brian Brown.I watched this film being rather disappointed by the title which seemed to bear little resemblance to it ; but don't be . The final scenes will explain everything that it is about .And her philosophy , at the end , in one sentence sums the film .After questioning the title throughout I found myself smiling at how Id been lead and at the outcome .

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samanthaxx

As a middle aged woman (Ack, really? I don't FEEL middle aged) I could relate too well with this moving poignant film. So maybe it is fiction, but it has a hopeful message. Like "Under A Tuscan Sun" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328589/maindetails) it made me laugh, cry and realize that there is hope in the universe.Christine Lahti (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001441/) is wonderful in this movie and does a fabulous job of sharing her feelings with the viewer. If you watch this an cannot at least feel something of what she's sharing then you may not have a heart. This really is a wonderful film, and the entire cast does a great job! In some respects this movie is a bit more serious version of the great TV show "Cybil." Regardless of who you are, this is a great chick flick, and like "Under A Tuscan Sun" a great movie to see if you are in her shoes . . .Sam

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gh-hagi

Enjoyable movie for a quiet Sunday evening. A male confesses to his wife that he's in love with her younger co-worker and protege. Helped by brains, family and friends, the woman copes with the situation and becomes stronger. Good play of Christine Lahti in the leading role, wonderful play of the couple's daughter. We can consider this movie not necessarily a drama, although the basic idea is a couple splitting up, but a comedy, since the puerile dialog between the man and the woman gives us a good laugh. And I'm not really sure if the producers wanted it this way. This isn't a movie to remember, although there are a few memorable quotes, that one cannot find in much higher rated movies.

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vchimpanzee

At the beginning of the movie, Rose meets Nathan on an airplane. Twenty-five years later, they are married with grown children and she is the book editor of the Los Angeles Chronicle, where he is the editor. Nathan (Brian Kerwin) wants to leave Rose for her assistant Mindy (Abby Brammell). And who can blame him? We get to see what a beautiful body she has. But Rose has so much more to offer, and Nathan can't see it. Things get worse: Simon tells Rose the newspaper is taking a new direction, emphasizing youth and innovation. She no longer fits in.At first Rose is too depressed to do very much, but it doesn't take her long to pull herself together and get on with her life. Later, she meets Hal (Bryan Brown), who she loved before Nathan. But he couldn't stay in one place, and she wanted a more stable life. There are flashbacks of their relationship.This wasn't the zany and outrageous comedy the title led me to expect, but Christine Lahti was great as Rose, going from sarcastic to defeated to confident. We often heard Rose's thoughts, which sometimes conflicted with what other characters heard her say. Also good was the actress playing Rose's ditzy and selfish daughter Rachel, who married a man her parents didn't seem to approve of.This was still a pretty good movie.

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