It's the film you need to see in order to understand why the ending of "As Good As It Gets" was phony.
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ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Living Out Loud is not a monumental motion picture. In fact, in many ways, it's quite the opposite - a quiet, unassuming story of friendship and love that uses richly-developed characters to charm its audience.
The filmmaker has borrowed from Chekhov the soul-baring introspection that can be so ineffable on the page or stage yet becomes so damply sensitive and dramatically vague on screen.
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
So why does the thing play like a mediocre sitcom stripped of its laugh-track?
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Film Threat
Film Threat
LaGravenese has an uncanny ability to write realistic female characters.
Unfortunately, there's not much of a story to go with Hunter's engaging performance and LaGravenese's words.
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Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The plot is promising and the acting is earnest, but in the end the movie doesn't quite work.
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San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Much about Living Out Loud is pretty far-fetched, but at least it accurately portrays the dating possibilities for newly divorced women of a certain age.
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Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
What little grace there is in Living Out Loud (and there isn't much) is all in LaGravenese's script, not on the screen.