
The patriarch (Jeff Daniels) of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but he has settled into a teaching job. When his wife (Laura Linney) discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family, leaving two teenage sons to forge new relationships with their parents. Linney's character begins dating her younger son's tennis coach. Meanwhile, Daniels' character has an affair with the student his older son is pursuing.
Anna PaquinLili
Ken LeungSchool Therapist
Laura LinneyJoan Berkman
Joyce DeWittJanet Wood (archive footage)
Jo YangNurseLaura Linney was given the script by Eric Stoltz in 2000 while they were filming The House of Mirth (2000). She agreed to do it immediately.
Bernard Berkman:
Hey - Watch it!
Frank Berkman:
Suck my dick, ass man...
Anachronisms: At the end of the movie, Walt enters the newly renovated marine exhibit of the Museum of Natural History through the Hall of Biodiversity. The Hall of Biodiversity did not exist in 1986, it was added to the museum in approximately 2000, and the marine exhibit was renovated about a year later.
Written by Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance
Performed by Bryan Adams
Courtesy of A&M Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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