By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Starring: Ben Falcone | Catherine Keener | James Gandolfini | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Toni Collette
Country: united_states
Year: 2013
Running time: 93
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2390361/combined
Chris says: “As dependable as Rohmer or Ozu, Nicole Holofcener could be their modern American equivalent as an auteur director. In terms of style and sensibility, she arguably makes the same film over and over again, but touches on a different, tiny but significant quirk of human behavior each time out. The worst you can say about her latest, a gentle but solid rom-com about what to reveal and conceal from a new lover is that it hinges on a plot contrivance usually found in the more hackneyed sitcoms. Fortunately, everything else in the film is nearly perfect. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is consistently, dependably funny on TV shows from Seinfeld to Veep; here, she’s wisely cast for those talents but also able to show that her range extends beyond comedy. She’s up to task, matching Holofcener regular Catherine Keener (playing her character’s foil), but with a tenderness and whimsy that Keener might not have managed had she played Louis-Dreyfus’ part. As for the late James Gandolfini, it’s near impossible to be objective given real-life circumstances, but his own unexpected tenderness and ease slots into the film beautifully. Sweet, sad and in the end, more realistic than the premise initially suggests, ENOUGH SAID is another Holofcener film, which is to say, as good as anything else she’s done. 4.5 cats”