Life During Wartime

– Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn wo..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 38 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
Life During Wartime (2009)

Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solondz's film Happiness (1998).

Life During Wartime (2009) - Trailer

Release Date:

16 Apr 2010

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Todd Solondz

Writer:

Todd Solondz

Main Actors:

Shirley Henderson, Michael Kenneth Williams, Roslyn Ruff, Allison Janney

Plot:

Separated from her incarcerated husband Bill (Hinds), Trish (Janney) is about to be married again. Bill is a pedophile, so Trish couldn't be more excited to have Harvey (Lerner), a "normal" father figure for her two sons. But when Bill is released from prison and the boys finally meet their future stepdad, the family is forced to decide whether to forgive or to forget. Trish's sister, the virginal, angelic Joy (Henderson), is also haunted by ghosts of lovers past. On leave from her degenerate husband, Allen (Williams), and her job at a New Jersey correctional facility, Joy unwittingly leaves behind a trail of shame and exposed secrets wherever she goes. In one of the film's most stylized sequences, the image of Joy walking the dark streets of Miami in her nightgown maintains her innocence against a backdrop of self-affliction and desire.

Awards:

3 wins & 8 nominations.

Gross profit:

$278,821

Production:

IFC Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%
Metacritic:
69%