She's So Lovely

UPC: 786936141689

Studio: Miramax

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Adult Situations, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Profanity, Substance Abuse, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Written by the late John Cassavettes in 1987 and filmed by his son Nick a decade later, the comic drama She's So Lovely (originally and more appropriately titled She's De Lovely in honor of the Cole Porter composition central to the movie) stars real-life couple Sean Penn and Robin Wright-Penn as Eddie and Maureen, a young husband and wife whose relationship is strained by Eddie's frequently irrational behavior. When a run-in with a slimy neighbor (James Gandolfini) leaves the pregnant Maureen beaten and bruised, Eddie goes on the warpath, and his violent actions land him in a mental institution. Upon his release a decade later, he discovers Maureen has remarried (to a construction manager portrayed by John Travolta), had two more kids, and moved to the suburbs. Regardless, he resolves to win her back. A kind of reworking of the Cassavetes Sr. masterpiece A Woman Under the Influence, She's So Lovely marked the second film directed by Nick after Unhook the Stars. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Actor – Cannes Film Festival Technical Grand Prize – Cannes Film Festival

Features: John Cassavetes: A Discussion
An actor's look at Cassavetes
French-language track, 2.0 Dolby Surround
5.1 Surround
Widescreen [2.35:1] enhanced for 16x9 televisions

She's So Lovely

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 11/14/2000

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: 2 PCM stereo, 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 96 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Chapter Selection
0. Chapter Selection
1. Opening Credits [5:05]
2. Anybody Seen My Husband? [11:35]
3. Finding Eddie [5:01]
4. Dancing Without Dough [15:17]
5. Love Is So Difficult [5:43]
6. Caught [5:50]
7. Ten Years Later [8:24]
8. Haircut [:30]
9. Still Loves Him [6:10]
10. Telephone Call For Eddie [3:14]
11. A Visit With Daddy [4:36]
12. Guests At The House [7:59]
13. The Reunion [6:54]
14. Saying Goodbye [2:11]
15. Last Chance [4:09]
16. End Credits [3:42]

Keith Phipps

Reportedly heavily reworked in post-production, Nick Cassavetes' filming of an unproduced screenplay by his father has a wavering tone that suggests the rumors are true. Even so, the younger Cassavetes nicely captures the dead-end lives in which his father specialized, in no small part because he lets his actors do much of the work. John Travolta, though not bad, looks a little out of place amidst a cast that seems to have been born to play in a film by Cassavetes senior. A worthwhile, if undeniably flawed film, She's So Lovely plays more like the cinematic equivalent of a tribute album more than a film in its own right, but it's a heartfelt tribute, and one mostly well-done, blunted impact and all. ~ Keith Phipps, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Kelsey Mulrooney  Actor 
Debi Mazar  Actor 
Harry Dean Stanton  Actor 
Gena Rowlands  Actor 
James Gandolfini  Actor 
Justina Machado  Actor 
Nick Cassavetes  Director 
John Travolta  Executive Producer 
Bernard Bouix  Executive Producer 
John Cassavetes  Screenwriter 
René Cleitman  Producer 
Gérard Depardieu  Executive Producer 
Sean Penn  Executive Producer 
Joseph Vitarelli  Composer (Music Score) 
Sean Penn  Actor 
Robin Wright Penn  Actor 
John Travolta  Actor 

Country: USA