Hanging Up

– A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly fat..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
4.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 34 Minutes
Release Year:
2000
Hanging Up (2000)

A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.

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Filming Locations:
USA
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Release Date:

18 Feb 2000

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Diane Keaton

Writer:

Delia Ephron (book), Delia Ephron (screenplay), Nora Ephron (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau

Plot:

Georgia Mozell, Eve Marks and Maddy Mozell are adult sisters. Georgia is the editor of her own wildly successful self-titled women's magazine. She strives for publicity at any cost. Party planner Eve is the mother hen of the group, not only of her own family, but also of her siblings and father as their mother, Pat, not only emotionally left their father when they divorced, but her daughters as well. And Maddy is a vacuous soap opera actress who has always struggled for her own identity. Despite being as busy with her own life as the others, Eve is the only one of the three who deals with the long term hospitalization of their cantankerous seventy-nine year old father, Lou Mozell, when he enters the early stages of dementia, and the associated outcomes of that hospitalization. Eve's caring for Lou is despite an especially hurtful incident with him seven years earlier. As the emotional aspect of looking after Lou becomes more and more stressful, Eve has to figure out how to maintain her own sanity, while dealing with her sisters, who believe they too are part of their father's care while they don't lift a finger to help.

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Production:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
4.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
12%
Metacritic:
33%