Hanging Up (2000)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Diane Keaton

Writers (WGA):

Delia Ephron (book)
Delia Ephron (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

18 February 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Every family has a few hang-ups.

Plot:

A trio of sisters bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close. |

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Old Age | Actress | Family Relationships | Coma

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Meg Ryan	...	Eve Mozell Marks
Diane Keaton	...	Georgia Mozell
Lisa Kudrow	...	Maddy Mozell
Walter Matthau	...	Lou Mozell
Adam Arkin	...	Joe Marks
Shaun Duke	...	Dr. Omar Kunundar (as Duke Moosekian)
Ann Bortolotti	...	Ogmed Kunundar
Cloris Leachman	...	Pat Mozell
Maree Cheatham	...	Angie
Myndy Crist	...	Dr. Kelly
Libby Hudson	...	Libby
Jesse James	...	Jesse Marks
Edie McClurg	...	Esther
Tracee Ellis Ross	...	Kim
Celia Weston	...	Madge Turner

Also Known As:

Aufgelegt! (Germany)
No nos dejes colgadas (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Linhas Cruzadas (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Appelle-moi (Canada: French title) [fr]
Avviso di chiamata (Italy) [it]
Colgadas (Spain) [es]
Goraca linia (Poland) [pl]
I klisi sas proothitai (Greece) [el]
Raccroche! (France) [fr]
Soitellaan (Finland) [fi]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and some sex-related material.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36460) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Hungary:14 | New Zealand:M | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Philippines:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Walter Matthau's final film.

Goofs:

Continuity: Eve's cracked driver window is fixed when viewed from outside.

Quotes:

Lou Mozell: You know, that I actually met a girl by the name of Moo Goo Gai Pan? That was her last name. Her first name was Freida. Freida Moo Goo Gai Pan. She was half-Jewish, half-Chinese. A lot of people called her the Ori-Yenta.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Witchouse (1999) (V)

Soundtrack:

Train In Vain

Bumpy comedy-drama with insufficient changes in tone

The best scene in this Diane Keaton-directed film has drunken dad Walter Matthau showing up at a kid's birthday party bellowing and vulgar, but it doesn't belong in a comedy. It's more like something out of "Shoot The Moon", which Keaton starred in, and would fit much better in a film with a darker tone. "Hanging Up" wobbles around in search of appropriate emotions, but Keaton just can't get a consistent rhythm going. Her performance as the eldest of three unhappy sisters is also wan (she's winging it), however Meg Ryan as the middle sister has some fabulous moments: she hugs a coffee machine, she tries to convince her husband that driving a wrecked truck is going to work for her, she tells off her father but cries because she loves him. This is a performance well worth watching, but the picture definitely needed a director with a tighter grip on the reins. **1/2 from ****