29{edih}| runtime = 100 minutes| country = United States| language = English| budget = $18 million| gross = $7,281,450}}She's So Lovely is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes, written by John Cassavetes. At the time of its release, it received special attention because, eight years after his death, it was the first (and still only) posthumous film to feature previously unreleased material from John Cassavetes. The film stars Sean Penn and John Travolta as two men who bid for the affection of Maureen Murphy Quinn (Robin Wright). Harry Dean Stanton co-stars as a friend of Penn's character, and James Gandolfini plays the abusive neighbor.

Plot

Eddie Quinn's unruly wife Maureen drinks and smokes to excess, even though she is pregnant. Eddie has troubles of his own, disappearing for days at a time. When she is physically and sexually assaulted by Kiefer, a neighbor, it is more than Eddie can handle. He shoots someone and lands in a psychiatric hospital.Ten years go by. Eddie finally returns, only to find Maureen is now a clean, sober, solid citizen, married to a new man, Joey, and a mother of three children, one of whom is Eddie's own daughter. Eddie's return complicates and endangers all of their lives.

Cast

Sean Penn as Eddie Quinn
Robin Wright as Maureen Murphy Quinn
John Travolta as Joey Giamonti
James Gandolfini as Kiefer
Harry Dean Stanton as Tony "Shorty" Russo
Neill Barry as Michael
Debi Mazar as Georgie
Gena Rowlands as Miss Jane Green
Susan Traylor as Lucinda
Bobby Cooper as Cooper
John Marshall Jones as Leonard
Chloe Webb as Nancy Swearingen
James Soravilla as Avi
Jamie Bozian as Intern 1 (as James Bozian)
Paul Johansson as Intern 2
Justina Machado as Carmen Rodriguez as Lady Ticket Taker
Tito Larriva as Lead Singer

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 66% based on 41 reviews.WEB, She's So Lovely (1997),weblink Rotten Tomatoes, 2020-05-04, Movie critic Roger Ebert rated the film 3 out of 4 stars, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times: "What [Nick Cassavetes] understands is that if you want to see true weirdness, you don't look along skid row, where the motives are pretty easy to understand, but out in suburbia, where those green lawns can surround human time bombs."WEB, August 29, 1997, Ebert, Roger, Roger Ebert, She's So Lovely movie review & film summary (1997),weblink Chicago Sun-Times, Writing in Time Out New York, Andrew Johnston remarked, "Watching the films of John Cassavetes now, one is struck by how complex and human his characters are, compared with those in even the most sophisticated of today's independent films. This effect is even more pronounced in She's So Lovely, an unproduced Cassavetes script given the '90s treatment and filled with stars by the late director's son. The final product features some of the year's best performances...."JOURNAL, Johnston, Andrew, September 1997, She's So Lovely, Time Out New York, 77,

Awards

Sean Penn won the award for Best Actor at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.WEB,weblink Festival de Cannes: She's So Lovely, 2009-09-23, festival-cannes.com, Robin Wright received a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role at the 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards.

References

External links

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