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Writers (WGA):
Don Roos (screenplay)
Ayelet Waldman (novel)
Plot:
A comedy/drama that details the story of a woman's difficult relationship with her stepson. | full synopsis
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(5 articles)
Toronto 2009: "Up in the Air" Flies High
(From IFC. 12 September 2009, 8:23 AM, PDT)
Toronto: Natalie Portman's 'Impossible Pursuits' becomes Friday's festival misfire
(From Hitfix. 11 September 2009, 5:50 PM, PDT)
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Quite a nice movie! more (1 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Natalie Portman | ... | Emilia Greenleaf |
 | Lauren Ambrose | ... | Mindy |
 | Lisa Kudrow | ... | Carolyne |
 | Anthony Rapp | ... | Simon |
 | Scott Cohen | ... | Jack |
 | Charlie Tahan | ... | Jack |
 | Daisy Tahan | ... | Emma |
 | Debra Monk | ... | Laura |
| Elizabeth Marvel | ... | Pia |
| Michael Cristofer | ... | Sheldon |
 | Mary Joy | ... | Marilyn |
 | Mona Lerche | ... | Sonia (as Mona Fastvold Lerche) |
 | Tom Stratford | ... | Dad |
| Maria Dizzia | ... | Jaime Brennan |
| Doug Williford | ... | Carolyn's Dentist |
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17 Photos of Isabel (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for sexual content and language.
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Canada:119 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:R (certificate #45290)
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Jennifer Lopez was once attached to play the lead. more
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No One To Love more
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I saw this at the Toronto Film Festival. I go to university in Toronto, and I decided on impulse to watch one of the movies in between my classes, and this one fit so I wouldn't have to be late for my next class. I'm very glad I saw it.
The film is about Emilia (Natalie Portman), who lives with her husband John (Scott Cohen), and her stepson William (Charlie Tahan). We watch as her story is told through flashbacks and we learn that John was married (to Carolyne, played by Lisa Kurdrow) and had an affair with Emilia. He soon divorces Carolyne and marries Emilia. We watch as Emilia struggles to keep her life together with her marriage strained by the death of their 3-day-old daughter Isabel, and William's resentment towards her.
I really liked the acting in this movie. Natalie Portman is really natural in this role. Scott Cohen and the young Charlie Tahan were very good too, and Lisa Kudrow too, even though she didn't have a lot of scenes.
I liked the story, and I didn't find the pace of the film to be dragging. The characters were well written too- I was always able to see their side of the story and could sympathize and understand them, even when they contradicted with other characters.
To me, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits was a very good film overall.