- Release Date: 2009
- Runtime: 93 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Robin Wright Penn, Mike Binder, Alan Arkin, Winona Ryder ... see all
- Director: Rebecca Miller
- Plot: At fifty, Pippa Lee positively glows with female serenity, the devoted wife of a brilliant publisher thirty years her senior, proud mother of successful twins and a lovely and adored... Read more
User Reviews
Great characters and performances, but slightly lacking in plot.
Jun 06, 2009
aramgutang - imdb.com
Jun 06, 2009aramgutang - imdb.com
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
Critics Reviews
| Oct 20, 2009Sydney Morning Herald
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
| Oct 14, 2009hollywire.com
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
| Jul 09, 2009dailyexpress.co.uk
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
| Jul 09, 2009Telegraph, UK
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
| Jul 07, 2009Film.com
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
News
Field guide to TIFF photographers
thestar.com –
2009-09-18
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
Dazzling Performances to Gild the R?sum?s
nytimes.com –
2009-09-13
"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
She's So Lovely
nymag.com –
2009-08-23
'Gossip Girl,' Interrupted
nymag.com –
2009-08-23
Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin And Keanu Reeves Come Together For 'The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee'
mtv.com –
2009-08-13

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