Hanging Up
The film follows three sisters (Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow) as they bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.
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June 10, 2002
considering the movie's plot involves lots of crying over wrecked birthday parties and stolen stuffing recipes, most guys -- and more than a few women as well -- probably wouldn't want to know what they're missing.
March 13, 2002
Speaks to the deep yearning we all have to break free from the assigned roles in our birth families.
January 01, 2001
One of the very worst movies I've ever seen.
December 27, 2009
A sappy, overly familiar enterprise.
January 01, 2000
A screenplay that reduces deep emotions into low-cal, risk-free hissy fits that can be settled with a misty-eyed hug.
December 24, 2010
A real shame that this isn't a good movie.
January 01, 2000
Part dial tone and part solid comedy.
January 01, 2000
Hanging Up has all the ingredients of a success -- a stellar cast, a promising premise, a strong production team -- but nothing comes together in satisfying fashion.
June 18, 2003
The story bungles ahead pointlessly, mixing melodrama and self-help book affirmations.
January 01, 2000
At one point [Ryan] actually embraces a coffee vending machine as if it were a buoy in the rocky ocean of life. Is this a performance or a cry for a new script?
January 01, 2000
Shrill and unsettling.
August 07, 2006
Three of Hollywood's most beautiful and talented actresses, Ryan, Keaton, and Kudrow, are totally wasted in this shamelessly sappy meller that bears the schmaltzy sensibility of Nora Ephorn, its inept producer and co-scripter even though Keaton is helmer
