When wry New England realtor Hildy Good rekindles a romance with her old high-school flame, Frank Getchell, it ignites long-buried emotions and family secrets that propel Hildy toward a reckoning with the one person she's been avoiding for decades: herself. Based on the best-selling novel by Ann Leary.
Acting
Weaver's wry narration and Kline's gruff charm carry every scene.
Writing
Hildy's self-aware voiceover masks painful denial. Clever and cutting.
Cinematography
Salt-weathered Massachusetts homes that breathe old money and rot.
Director
Wallace Wolodarsky
Sigourney Weaver
Hildy Good
Kevin Kline
Frank Getchell
Morena Baccarin
Rebecca McAllister
Rob Delaney
Peter Newbold
David Rasche
Scott
Rebecca Henderson
Tess
Molly Brown
Emily
Kathryn Erbe
Wendy Heatherton
Kelly AuCoin
Brian McAllister
Georgia Lyman
Cassie Dwight
Jimmy LeBlanc
Patch Dwight
Silas Pereira-Olson
Jake Dwight
Paul Guilfoyle
Henry Barlow
Beverly D'Angelo
Mamie Lang
Anthony Estrella
Robert Sanderson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Weaver and Kline previously starred together in 'Dave' (1993)—their chemistry here is decades-deep and effortless.
Directors Wolodarsky and Forbes are married; they co-wrote after adapting Ann Leary's novel, keeping her sharp first-person voice.
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