Review of In the Land of Women (2007) by Sergio E — 31 Jan 2010

I can't believe I didn't see this movie any sooner can it get any real than this I don't think so this movie is very good. The acting well it wasn't anything difficult but everyone was there including the little girl that to me was the best. Adam Brody is priceless when Elena Anya is dumping him LOL How cooler can this movie be!!

Finally, Hollywood is getting closer to emotional maturity and creativity. In the Land of Women was a delightful surprise. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys delving into the underlying thread of emotion connecting our relationships. As we meander through the sometimes messy connections between characters -- I don't remember any Hollywood sterilization of the situations. We continue, sometimes blind, just like the characters in the story -- and we get an excellent play-out of what ordinary "good" people do to strive to survive and better themselves.

It's hard to put this movie into words. It's the first movie I've ever really seen - ever really watched - that portrayed some true human emotion. And that's really what it's about, I think. Young Carter wanting to get away from life after a bad break-up, and finding something so much more than life. With really lovable characters on screen at all times (including Brody, I must say :]), it's hard to take your eyes away. With ups and downs in life that so many of us deal with, you can just take a breath and say, "Yeah, I know that feeling." Nobody I saw come out of the theater had white eyes. I'm not going to say if the ending was sad or happy, because I'm not a movie spoiler, but it's deep enough to make anybody cry. It's deep enough to make you laugh and cry at the same time. It's extraordinary.

This movie was billed as a romantic comedy, but it's really a drama, and it was so much better than I expected! Redemptive and thought-provoking, this movie raises questions about if women and men can be friends without romantic undertones, and includes themes of forgiveness and living life fully. Meg Ryan is always real and lovable, and Adam Brody is a great counterpart. It's so great to see him as a leading man.

His world in complete disorder after his break-up with a famous actress, Carter, a young soft-core porn writer, goes to suburban Detroit to care for his sickly Grandmother and heal his broken heart. Along the way he forms a special bond with the family that lives across from his Grandma, and changes the life of each woman. In the course of this, as is required in every film--and thus the world, he changes his own life as well.

Carter Webb, a young soft-core porn writer living in California, has just broken up with by his actress girlfriend. He decides to take a time out and visit his grandmother in Detroit, but the women across the street have a different idea. He meets the Hardwickes who live next door, the mother, the teenager, and the little girl, and they change each others lives forever.

His world in complete disorder after his break-up with a famous actress, Carter, a young TV writer, goes to suburban Detroit to care for his sickly Grandmother and heal his broken heart. Along the way he forms a special bond with the family that lives across from his Grandma, and changes the live of each woman. In the course of this, as is required in every film--and thus the world, he changes his own life as well.

Devastated over his breakup with his girlfriend, Carter Webb leaves L.A. to stay with his wacky Grandma in her suburban Detroit home, across the street from the Hardwicke family. As Carter struggles to reconcile his own inner conflicts, he is drawn into the pains and loves of the Hardwicke women -- all of whom, in their way, fall in love with Carter, and all of whom, in their way, help him find his way back.