The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee has a few moments but really what is left is a pretty forgettable film. The best aspect are the performances of some the actors but even then the film compounds its problems. Pippa Lee is... Full review

I attended the North American Premiere of "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Written and directed by Rebecca Miller from her own book, this is the complex, multi-layered life story of a woman trying... Full review

I was expecting this film to follow yet another "troubled housewife that pretends to be content" storyline, and it kind of does. But it plays it out in such an interesting and original manner. Nothing goes as expected, and all of... Full review

I couldn't wait to see this film as I had read the book last summer and liked it a lot. The film also had a few of my favourite actors in it so I was really excited when I had a... Full review

Robin Wright Penn is uncannily reminiscent of Julie Christie in Away From Her from a couple of years ago, while the tone, topic and structure of these two assured quiet domestic dramas also have much in common. The character changes and... Full review

This is top-of-the-line Art House with a superb performance from Robin Penn Wright as the eponymous Pippa and solid support throughout. In terms of acting chops on view Keanu Reeves is a feather-merchant and doesn't really belong in the same movie... Full review

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee is a film that concerns itself with the people in it, rather than a narrative. Each character is unique and well developed, but more importantly, feels real and easy to care for. There are no... Full review

Miller has compassion for all her characters, not just Pippa Lee.....she has now written and directed a movie based on her own novel but, of course, it can't be any good.....A movie with a cast this good is rare;....an intelligent, emotional drama that's confronting, surprising, elegant and still funny.....Wright Penn so dominates the film that I was content..... ... Full Review

But the movie has an outstanding cast who give brilliant performances across the board.....shooting porn, among other things, represents one of the movie's biggest weaknesses.....Alan Arkin's Herb Lee is one of the movie's most fascinating characters....Pippa's mother, played by Maria Bello in one of her best performances, was a stepford wife kind of a woman.....Miller has a brilliant way of creating flesh-and-blood people rather than movie characters, in such things as sleepwalking.... ... Full Review

Robin Wright Penn gives one of her best performances as Pippa, the devoted wife of elderly publisher Herb (Alan Arkin).....Director Rebecca Miller has adapted her own novel into an enjoyable if episodic tale.... ... Full Review

Yet Miller's film is a triumph.....Buttressed by a formidable cast (including Winona Ryder as Pippa's neurotic friend and Monica Bellucci as Herb's first wife), Miller navigates her story between sharp satire, dark comedy and wrenching drama.....* * * * Until now, the gifted writer-director Rebecca Miller has always conveyed her spiky intelligence more effectively in print rather than on screen;....In the title role, the splendid Robin Wright Penn gets to tackle work worthy of her talents..... ... Full Review

humorous, charming, but tragic female-driven dramas go.....This film comes highly recommended....Wright Penn expertly blends Pippa's past tragedy and loneliness of her current comfortable 'retired' life with some hilariously sardonic moments....immensely absorbing new tale of self-reflection that will speak volumes for so many 'lost and taken-for-granted souls' out there.....truly amazes in a heavenly and award-winning performance as Pippa Lee, combining a beauty, grace, wisdom, fragility, and all-consuming ... Full Review

By Peter Brunette For movie details, please click here . The Private Lives of Pippa Lee is the kind of film that most critics desperately want to like. ... Full Article

The actress donned an eye-popping white blazer with a plunging neckline teamed with a pair of black shorts. Blake stars alongside KEANU REEVES and WINONA RYDER in The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee. ... Full Article

Blake Lively arrived at " The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee " premiere in New York City on Sunday looking mighty fine. She showed off her long legs in sexy short shorts and didn't leave much to the imagination with... ... Full Article

Golden Globe nominee Robin Wright Penn and Gossip Girl's Blake Lively head an all-star cast including, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Julianne Moore, in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee , available on DVD for the first time... ... Full Article

Staff Reporter Yo, Keanu! This way, Robin! Oprah, dear, please! Over the shoulder, love! Let it be known, however, that very few of the red carpet shooters are of the paparazzi variety, as some might believe - and there is... ... Full Article

"The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" (Nov. 27) opens with the kind of unforgiving close-up that could give an actor nightmares. Starting with a glimpse of a woman combing her hair, the camera quickly zeroes in on the little pouch... ... Full Article