Poster of Enough Said

Enough Said

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Nicole Holofcener

Release Date: October 11, 2013

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Enough Said deserves your complete attention. If you don’t give it your full attention, you will miss the nuance of the actor’s performances as it narrowly misses the sitcomesque setup and firmly stays in the normal, awkward world of independent film. It is a sweet little love letter that basically says that every one is special, deserves to be loved and forgiven. The main character struggles between living up to the standards of a friend that she aspires to be like—this friend has great taste, is smart, a perfect conversationalist, renown, beautiful–versus loving a guy who is on the surface far from the surface ideal, but is perfect for her now. Is she a loser for liking him or a loser for not liking him more? It doesn’t help that she has a real foundation for doubting herself as she goes through a transitional period. The supporting characters also enforce the problems created/faced by the central character: passive aggressive, nitpicking, second guessing, silent ways of committing social warfare against those they love(d), miscommunication. I have loved Julia Louis-Dreyfus since Day by Day. She has the talent of playing characters who do morally questionable things while remaining likable. James Gandolfini appears in his last film role released to date. I have never seen the Sopranos, but I liked this unashamed, flawed, decent normal guy. The supporting cast is phenomenal, including the teenagers who are NOT CW material-thank you, Lord!

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