We were in a Nancy Myers mood. Film is one of those ones that's lots of bits edited expertly together (by Joe Hutshing and David Moritz) rather than leaving actors room to breathe - but it moves along nicely. Talking of actors, are Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin both ones who need restraining? Baldwin is twinkly and mischievous, Martin looks to us like he's had work done around the eyes, and looks weird. Meryl Streep is fun doing the sort of latter day comedy role she seems to enjoy. John Krasinski also has fun as son-in-law.
John Toll is one of those cinematographers who Emmanuel Lubezki name-checked but I didn't notice anything extraordinary about it.
Another film about family relationships. Would it have worked better if Baldwin and Streep had actually got back together and made it work?
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