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Actors: Albert Finney, Kathryn Erbe, Piper Laurie, Kyle MacLachlan, Ethan Hawke, Jill Clayburgh, Suzy Amis, Alfre Woodard
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Rich in Love |
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The same team (Australian director Bruce Beresford and writer Alfred Uhry) that brought "Driving Miss Daisy" to the big screen created this somewhat similarly warm and pleasant portrait of Southern eccentrics in 1993. Warren Odom (Finney) is a likable slob of a retired contractor in contemporary Charleston, South Carolina. One day he comes home to find his wife Helen (Clayburgh) has up and hit the road. Her word-processed farewell note has been softened by younger daughter Lucy (Kathryn Erbe, who eight years later received a lot more exposure as Vincent D'Onofrio's partner on "Law and Order: Criminal Intent"), a high school senior who skips graduation and lets her boyfriend Wayne (Hawke) slip through her fingers in her efforts to hold the crumbling household together. Father and daughter drive the roads looking for Mom, although Warren finds some comfort with the lovely widow-hairdresser Vera (Laurie). Then older sis Rae (Amis) shows up with her new Yankee hubby Billy (MacLachlan). There's not a lot of plot or crisis to this story; it's eminently forgettable, but a lovely time while it rolls -- especially whenever that irresistable master Finney is on view.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Rich in Love |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Family, loving
Yes
Special relationship with
- father
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture of surrounding area:
- American South
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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