The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Director: Rebecca Miller
Writer: Rebecca Miller
Cast: Robin Wright, Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Blake Lively, Alan Arkin, Mike Binder
Theatrical Release Date: November 27, 2009 11:43 AM
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Criticwire: C+
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Synopsis: At fifty, Pippa Lee positively glows with female serenity, the devoted wife of a brilliant publisher thirty years her senior, proud mother of successful twins and a lovely and adored friend and neighbor. But, when her husband spontaneously decides that they should leave New York for a retirement home as a "pre-emptive strike against decrepitude," and has an affair with someone even younger than she is, Pippa finds her beatific persona unraveling in alarming ways. The truth is, the gracious woman of the present day has seen more than her fair share of the wild side. She has finally found love and security in a family of her own. And now, that cozy world, too, is in danger.

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REVIEW | Wright and Wrong: Rebecca Miller's "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee"

One of contemporary cinema's most graceful, taken-for-granted actors, Robin Wright, too long in the shadow of her ex-husband, would seemingly have finally found the perfect leading role in Rebecca Miller's "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee," in which she plays a graceful, taken-for-granted wife and mo...
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criticWIRE This Week: "The Road" Leads Thanksgiving Offerings

John Hillcoat's "The Road," Rebecca Miller's "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" and Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles" mark a rather star-studded batch of specialty films making their way to theaters this Thanksgiving week. Generally regarded as one of the most potent filmgoing holidays of the ...
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