She's So Lovely

She's So Lovely

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Written by John Cassavetes
Starring Sean Penn
John Travolta
Robin Wright Penn
Harry Dean Stanton
James Gandolfini
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release dates
  • August 29, 1997
Running time
 100 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $18 million
Box office $7,281,450

She's So Lovely is a 1997 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 the respective men who bid for the affection of Maureen Murphy Quinn (Robin Wright Penn). Harry Dean Stanton costars 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

Reception

She's So Lovely received mixed to positive reviews from critics, as it holds a 66% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews.

Awards

Sean Penn won the award for Best Actor at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: She's So Lovely". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-23.

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