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Actors: Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Hanging Up |
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Eve (Meg Ryan) is a business savvy woman who is always busy running her own life and also is primarily responsible for taking care of her father (Walter Matthau). In his old age he has increasing become difficult to deal with. Eve also has two sisters, one who is a few years older and the editor of a successful fashion magazine and the other is a few years younger and is an actress. They also tend to their father, but only by long distance when he calls them to tell them how miserable he is feeling. They don't have the greatest relationship with each other, but when their father becomes fatally ill it is up to the three sisters to make peace with their father and each other.
--Steve Polizzi, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Hanging Up |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Father
Family, caring for sick?
Yes
Who is sick?
- Father
because he/she is
- basically "out of it"
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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