- Release Date: 1997
- Runtime: 100 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Starring: Robin Wright Penn, James Gandolfini, Susan Traylor, Harry Dean Stanton ... see all
- Director: Nick Cassavetes
- Plot: Maureen is pregnant and her husband Eddie is missing. Nervous, Maureen shares a couple of drinks with neighbor Kiefer, who tries to rape her and then beats her. When Eddie... Read more
User Reviews
An unsuccessfully delivered narrative with confused actors and a terrible mix of dark relationship drama and comic moments produces a roundly poor film
Oct 25, 2006
bob the moo - imdb.com
Oct 25, 2006bob the moo - imdb.com
Maureen is a bit strung out and pregnant from her low-life husband Eddie. Their lives are an unpredictable mix of actions that mostly involve drinking and scamming round on the fringe of society. When Eddie is "away" for a few... Full review
short comment
Aug 01, 2006
alesiamartin - yahoo.com
Aug 01, 2006alesiamartin - yahoo.com
Sean Penn is brilliant!!!! John Travolta is Great!! Had a lot of funny scenes. Didn't like the ending too much, but it was free on demand so it was worth it.... Full review
She is not lovely at all
Jun 10, 2006
roxrider78 - yahoo.com
Jun 10, 2006roxrider78 - yahoo.com
she's a bitch really a bitch and hey females this ***** shows ur extreme negative charecter ....how can some one trust woman... Full review
Not Good
Jun 10, 2006
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Jun 10, 2006blueprintsrecords - yahoo.com
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so cute
Jan 15, 2006
elymepro - yahoo.com
Jan 15, 2006elymepro - yahoo.com
i Just saw this movie and it was os cute im going to go buy it and watchit again i dont agree with what she does in the end but love concers all its such a beautiful movie and its exactly... Full review
Sean Penn - the only worthy aspect of the movie
Oct 28, 2005
manoxa101 - yahoo.com
Oct 28, 2005manoxa101 - yahoo.com
The movie began with a lot of promise....Sean Penn's insanity & Robin's passionate love endears. However the second-half was disappointing. What was John Travolta doing here - in a blink-and-miss role? Any average actor could have been in his role. And... Full review
Truly Lovely
Apr 30, 2005
breacain - imdb.com
Apr 30, 2005breacain - imdb.com
I didn't know what to expect from this film, but whatever I got is about ten times better than whatever I was expecting, if that makes sense.The characters are so likable. And the acting is just phenomenal. There were several... Full review
What were they thinking?
Mar 02, 2005
moviegrammie - yahoo.com
Mar 02, 2005moviegrammie - yahoo.com
This movie came out terrible! Maybe they cut some parts out that should have pulled it together because it didn't work. Penn and Travolta have done such good work that I thought it would be great to see them work together.... Full review
She is really lovely
Jan 23, 2005
albsweety - yahoo.com
Jan 23, 2005albsweety - yahoo.com
I love this film.I love the actores and the story.I found my self there and i think everyone can find something of his feelings and his life in that film.Do u like or not all this may happen!... Full review
Absolutely Brilliant!
Jan 23, 2005
hazzapooter - yahoo.com
Jan 23, 2005hazzapooter - yahoo.com
Sean Penn is absolutely fantastic in this intense film. Quite a basic story with a slightly unexpected ending. Very impressive.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Sep 04, 2008Urban Cinefile
But even the Penns brilliant acting is not quite enough to fulfilm us.
Without this balance, the final scenes lack emotional power as we are left as mere spectators, not heartfelt participants, as we could have been.
... Full Review
| Mar 20, 1998San Francisco Chronicle
Take it as you like it: ``She's So Lovely'' is not about telling audiences how they should feel.
When we meet Maureen (Robin Wright Penn), she's a pregnant alcoholic with bleached, unwashed hair and the fidgety gestures of a drug addict.
... Full Review
| Sep 05, 1997Entertainment Weekly
Re-creating that ensemble buzz and that alcoholically fueled soul scraping is an almost impossible task, but in She's So Lovely (Miramax), director Nick Cassavetes, working from an unproduced script by his old man (who died in 1989), gives it a ballsy go. ... Full Review
| Aug 29, 1997San Francisco Chronicle
But ``She's So Lovely'' works as a pure distillation of his original vision.
Take it as you like it: ``She's So Lovely'' is not about telling audiences how they should feel.
Eddie is an equally vivid character.
... Full Review
| Aug 29, 1997Deseret News
Sean Penn deservedly won an acting award at the Cannes Film Festival in May for his fearless performance as a troubled soul in the dark, downbeat melodrama "She's So Lovely.
But it has none of the elder Cassavetes' dark-and-dirty charm or any sense of gritty reality.
... Full Review
News
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She's So Lovely
filmcritic.com –
1998-01-01
Nick Cassavetes, working from his father's script, practically remakes his father's film A Woman Under the Influence , with even less charm that the original. ... Full Article
She's So Lovely
paloaltoonline.com –
1997-09-01
Edgy, heartbreaking and spiked with humor, "She's So Lovely" has the imprint of independent maverick John Cassavetes all over it. That's not surprising. He wrote the script years before he died in 1989, and son Nick Cassavetes ("Unhook the Stars")... ... Full Article

Dance Scene from She's So Lovely
She's So Lovely (1997)
