p.s.
Louise Harrington (Linney), a divorced, thirty-something admission's office at Columbia University's School of Fine Arts is intelligent, pretty, successful, and... unfulfilled. That is, until a graduate school application crosses her desk and she arranges to interview the young painter. When Scott Feinstadt (Grace) appears, he bears an uncanny resemblance to Louise's high school boyfriend and one true love, an artist who died in a car accident twenty years earlier. Within hours of the interview, Louise and Scott have embarked on a passionately uninhibited older woman/younger man affair. But is Scott just a reminder of Louise's lost love? And is Scott just trying to wheedle his way into the Ivy League? Adding to the romantic complications is competition from Louise's best friend from high school, Missy (Gay Harden), who shows up to claim the affections of the boy; Louise's co-dependent ex-husband Peter (Byrne); her cynical mother (Smith) and fresh-out-of-rehab brother (Rudd).
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Was Expecting So Much More... - Scopitone
This had all the write ingredients for the right kind of film that I like. Laura Linney. Gabriel Byrne. Art School Dean...New York Setting. However, I found myself fast forwarding through much of it. It's unfocuse. There are a few interesting plot threads but it just doesn't go anywhere. Oh, Paul Rudd is in the movie for about 5 seconds as Laura Linney's troubled brother. Why even introduce that story when they don't do anything with it? I wanted there to be more scenes of New York. Laura Linney and Topher Grace have ok chemistry but I even ended up fast forwarding through that.p.s. - Lant
Laura Linney continues to be inspiring in every film she appears in. This is a light, current theme, that would appeal particularly to anyone who's ever been in a long term relationship that has come to an end and feels lost in life. The main character one would assume has it all -- she is an attractive and successful individual but as is the case so often, inside she feels like she has yet to find harmony and happiness.Underwhelming - rgwillie
All in all, p.s. was a bit disappointing considering his first film was the clever “Roger Dodger”. The two leads, Laura Linney and Topher Grace, were certainly game, but he story felt too rushed, and the romance, forced. We know Linney’s character lost someone close to her many years ago, but the depth of her affection is neither adequately portrayed or explained. As such, when Grace’s character enters the scene, Linney’s reactions to him seem hollow. Although I haven’t read the book on which the film was based, I can’t help but suspect much from the novel was left out of the film, to the detriment of the movie.
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Was Expecting So Much More... - Scopitone
This had all the write ingredients for the right kind of film that I like. Laura Linney. Gabriel Byrne. Art School Dean...New York Setting. However, I found myself fast forwarding through much of it. It's unfocuse. There are a few interesting plot threads ...p.s. - Lant
Laura Linney continues to be inspiring in every film she appears in. This is a light, current theme, that would appeal particularly to anyone who's ever been in a long term relationship that has come to an end and feels lost in life. The main character one ...Underwhelming - rgwillie
All in all, p.s. was a bit disappointing considering his first film was the clever “Roger Dodger”. The two leads, Laura Linney and Topher Grace, were certainly game, but he story felt too rushed, and the romance, forced. We know Linney’s character lost someone ...