WHO’S IN IT?
Reese Witherspoon (Wild), Candice Bergen (Gandhi), Michael Sheen (The Queen), Lake Bell (Man Up), Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), Reid Scott (Losing Control), Pico Alexander (A Most Violent Year), Jon Rudnitsky (Patchwork), Paige Spara (film debut), Robb Derringer (Imagine That), Michael Cyril Creighton (Spotlight), Doug Locke (Excess Flesh), Lola Flanery (Trauma), Eden Grace Redfield (film debut), P. J. Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street), Hank Chen (The Angriest Man in Brooklyn)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Hallie Meyers-Shyer (film debut), director, writer; Nancy Meyers (The Holiday) and Erika Olde (film debut), producers; John Debney (The Jungle Book), composer; Dean Cundey (Jurassic Park), cinematographer; David Bilow (film debut), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Recently separated from her husband Austen (Sheen), Alice Kinney (Witherspoon) decides to move back to her hometown of Los Angeles with her two young daughters, but finds herself struggling to get her designer career off the ground whilst looking after her children. On a night out for her 40th birthday, she meets three young filmmakers (Wolff, Alexander and Rudnitsky) who she spontaneously decides to take in while they try and make it in Hollywood, which sparks an unconventional journey of self-discovery…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Reese Witherspoon returns to the rom-com fold in this Nancy Meyers-produced film that explores love at a slightly older age in a lovely way.
