I love this movie so much

Wonderful character development!

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

As a middle aged woman (Ack, really? I don't FEEL middle aged) I could relate too well with this moving poignant film. So maybe it is fiction, but it has a hopeful message. Like "Under A Tuscan Sun" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328589/maindetails) it made me laugh, cry and realize that there is hope in the universe.Christine Lahti (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001441/) is wonderful in this movie and does a fabulous job of sharing her feelings with the viewer. If you watch this an cannot at least feel something of what she's sharing then you may not have a heart. This really is a wonderful film, and the entire cast does a great job! In some respects this movie is a bit more serious version of the great TV show "Cybil." Regardless of who you are, this is a great chick flick, and like "Under A Tuscan Sun" a great movie to see if you are in her shoes . . .Sam

Enjoyable movie for a quiet Sunday evening. A male confesses to his wife that he's in love with her younger co-worker and protege. Helped by brains, family and friends, the woman copes with the situation and becomes stronger. Good play of Christine Lahti in the leading role, wonderful play of the couple's daughter. We can consider this movie not necessarily a drama, although the basic idea is a couple splitting up, but a comedy, since the puerile dialog between the man and the woman gives us a good laugh. And I'm not really sure if the producers wanted it this way. This isn't a movie to remember, although there are a few memorable quotes, that one cannot find in much higher rated movies.

Christine Lahti shines as a middle-aged professional woman who feels like she's been hit by a train when her husband announces he's leaving her. Not only that... he's leaving her for the younger, prettier, perkier woman who happens to be her assistant! Lahti is devastated but somehow manages to laugh through her tears as she thinks back on the signs of marital woe that she missed. Thank goodness she has support from her best friend, her 2 kids, and her mother. Things at first go from bad to worse for her, but then there is a silver lining, a wonderful revenge scene involving her boss --- and a man from her past, to help her pick up the pieces of her shattered life. Highly recommended for all gals over 40!!

At the beginning of the movie, Rose meets Nathan on an airplane. Twenty-five years later, they are married with grown children and she is the book editor of the Los Angeles Chronicle, where he is the editor. Nathan (Brian Kerwin) wants to leave Rose for her assistant Mindy (Abby Brammell). And who can blame him? We get to see what a beautiful body she has. But Rose has so much more to offer, and Nathan can't see it. Things get worse: Simon tells Rose the newspaper is taking a new direction, emphasizing youth and innovation. She no longer fits in.At first Rose is too depressed to do very much, but it doesn't take her long to pull herself together and get on with her life. Later, she meets Hal (Bryan Brown), who she loved before Nathan. But he couldn't stay in one place, and she wanted a more stable life. There are flashbacks of their relationship.This wasn't the zany and outrageous comedy the title led me to expect, but Christine Lahti was great as Rose, going from sarcastic to defeated to confident. We often heard Rose's thoughts, which sometimes conflicted with what other characters heard her say. Also good was the actress playing Rose's ditzy and selfish daughter Rachel, who married a man her parents didn't seem to approve of.This was still a pretty good movie.