Hanging Up

2000 · 94 min · EN · PG-13 · 5.3 (203 votes)

Dir. Diane Keaton · Starring Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau, Adam Arkin, Jesse James · Music David Hirschfelder

“Every family has a few hang-ups.”

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Three sisters - Georgia, Eve, and Maddy - do what they do best with life, love, and lunacy on the telephone lines that bind - when their curmudgeonly father, Lou, is admitted to a Los Angeles Hospital. After years of wild living, intermittent affection, and constant phoning, he is finally threatening to die.

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A poignant, funny, and deeply human exploration of familial bonds and the complex emotions surrounding a parent's decline. It feels like sifting through old photographs, finding both sadness and unexpected warmth in shared memories.

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