Hanging Up

February 18, 2000 0 By Fans
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Walter Matthau co-stars as DadMaddy & EveMaddy, Eve & GeorgiaDiane Keaton co-stars as GeorgiaEve, Dad & MaddyMeg Ryan co-stars as Eve

Plot

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

Release Year: 2000

Rating: 4.4/10 (6,881 voted)

Critic's Score: 33/100

Director:
Diane Keaton

Stars: Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow

Storyline
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…

Writers: Delia Ephron, Delia Ephron

Cast:

Meg Ryan

Eve Mozell Marks


Diane Keaton

Georgia Mozell


Lisa Kudrow

Maddy Mozell


Walter Matthau

Lou Mozell


Adam Arkin

Joe Marks


Shaun Duke

Dr. Omar Kunundar

(as Duke Moosekian)


Ann Bortolotti

Ogmed Kunundar


Cloris Leachman

Pat Mozell


Maree Cheatham

Angie


Myndy Crist

Dr. Kelly


Libby Hudson

Libby


Jesse James

Jesse Marks


Edie McClurg

Esther


Tracee Ellis Ross

Kim


Celia Weston

Madge Turner

Taglines:
Every family has a few hang-ups.

Release Date: 18 February 2000

Filming Locations: 1261 Angelo Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA



Box Office Details

Budget: $60,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $13,567,978
(USA)
(18 February 2000)

Gross: $51,880,044
(Worldwide)



Technical Specs

Runtime:



Did You Know?

Trivia:

Walter Matthau's final role. In very poor health throughout filming, he was diagnosed with colon cancer for the second time in his life in November 1999 shortly after filming ended. He died over seven months later, four months after the film's release.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized:
During the Halloween/Jesse's birthday party flash back, after the father has burst into the home, Evey is wearing her bunny mask in one shot, the next she's not, then in the next she's pulling it off her head.

Quotes:

Lou Mozell:
You know, that I actually met a girl by the name of Moo Goo Gai Pan? That was her last name. Her first name was Freida. Freida Moo Goo Gai Pan. She was half-Jewish, half-Chinese. A lot of people called her the Ori-Yenta.



User Review

Hated it, and then I loved it.

Rating: 8/10

The first time I saw this movie, in the theater, I was too caught up in
the unexpected awfulness of Eve's situation to be rational about my
reaction. Only someone who has lived through an experience like this
could possibly understand her feelings about her father, her selfish
sisters, her truly horrible mother, while trying (unsuccessfully, but
sincerely trying!!) to maintain some kind of family life with her
husband and son. I loved the frequent flashbacks. I think this is a
movie for the over-forty audience, because I'm not sure anybody else
could understand it. The second time I watched it, I was able to
concentrate more on the story, and the story is a good one. Sure, it's
no knee-slapping comedy, but it never presented itself as such. It's
almost too realistic in parts, if you've ever had a parent in this
situation, you would understand. If you haven't yet reached that part
of your life, there is no way you could possibly understand. The
doctor's mother was a love of a person. I'd like to see her again. I
wish I knew her in real life. And, the soundtrack is absolutely
awesome. Jay McShann's "Once Upon A Time" is one of the most beautiful
songs I've ever heard. And when it was sung over the flashback of Eve's
mother and father dancing, I cried through the whole scene. If you are
seeking a comedy, seek elsewhere.

If you are at that stage of your life where you are seeking a great
mixture of comedy, tragedy, irony, and frustration (just like our real
lives!) then go rent this movie tonight. Have some Kleenex handy.