Product Description

THREE SISTERS, EVE, GEORGIA AND MADDY, LEARN THAT BEING A MEMBER OF A FAMILY IS FULL OF JOY, PAIN, STRENGTH AND LOVE. SPECIAL FEATURES: WIDESCREEN AND FULLSCREEN VERIONS, ENGLISH SUBTITLES, DELETED SEQUENCE, GAG REEL, ISOLATED MUSIC SCORE, TALENT FILES, PRODUCTION NOTES, INTERACTIVE MENUS, THEATRICAL TRAILERS & MORE.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29474 in DVD
• Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
• Released on: 2002-06-04
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 95 minutes

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You've got to admire a movie that embraces womanhood as so few mainstream movies do, and Hanging Up deserves credit for combining issues of sisterhood and elderly parent care while relying on neuroses to carry its unconventional plot. But you've also got to lament this botched "dramedy" from screenwriting sisters Nora and Delia Ephron (adapting the latter's novel) and director Diane Keaton, who lack a coherent plan for illuminating their trio of female siblings. Despite a sharp focus on Meg Ryan as the middle sister Eve--a capable Los Angeles event planner--the movie never quite seems to know where it's going, and you feel like the best scenes are merely happy accidents. In exploring the foibles of family, Keaton fared better with her earlier film Unstrung Heroes.

In addition to directing, Keaton plays the eldest sister Georgia, a celebrity magazine editor, and Lisa Kudrow is kid sister Maddy, a soap-opera actress who's nearly as self-absorbed as Georgia. They leave it to Eve to care for their declining father (Walter Matthau), a retired screenwriter who slips in and out of lucidity and is, at best, a cantankerous curmudgeon whose estranged wife (Cloris Leachman) has long since severed all family ties. This is potent material--at least it could have been--and Ryan admirably struggles to hold the film together. But it's ultimately a losing battle as the movie, so full of cell phones and disconnected people (hence the title), becomes disconnected itself, offering hollow humor and a few memorable moments with characters whose problems are too minimal to worry about. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Hanging Up Dosn't Connect
What could have been a very funny and a very moving movie is not much of either. The movie revolves around three sisters trying to make amends when there father is diagnosed with a terminal disease. Meg Ryan plays Eve the responsible middle child who has to put their father in a nursing home. Diane Keaton plays the older sister Georgia who owns a magazine named Georgia and Lisa Kudrow plays the youngest sister soap opera actress Madie who is almost as self absorbed as Georgia.

The always cute Meg Ryan is trying hard to keep the film together but ultmately fails Despite sharp focus on her character. Walter Matthau plays the aling screenwriter. He is a delightful old codger who is able to develiver some very funny lines on his way out. Matthau always a pleasure to watch is the only thing holding this film together. Directed By Diane Keaton and Written by Nora and Delia Ephron this should have been a first rate tearjerker and a prime chick flick. But most of the characters are too out of focus to care about them or feel for them. A real dissapointment.

The perfect movie for sisters
The movie got good when Diane Keaton finally came into the movie. It just focussed on Meg Ryan being there for her father and her two sisters wheren't around to help. In the scences where the three sisters fight its perfect. It works because they are playing sisters and at the same time they love and hate each other at the same time. They all three have chemisty like real sisters do. There is no one in the world like them because you grow up with them and know everything about them. They are connected not only by their father but by their insanity too.

Sometimes You Just Need to Hang Up
When I first saw this movie, I have to admit that I wasn't very impressed by it. You're going from sister to sister, scene to scene very quickly. I didn't have much time to understand what was even going on. So I decided to give the movie another chance, mostly because Diane Keaton is my favorite actress. So I did and as I watched, I became more aware of what was going on. Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, and Diane Keaton all give stunning performances in this movie. Walter Matthau gave a great performance as the father. The sad part is, is that this was his final film before he passed away. Cloris Leachman has a very small part in the movie, but the parts that she is in are quite effective.

Many people view this movie as a comedy. It is definitely not a comedy. It is a drama. If you watch closely and really pay attention to what is going on, then you'll see the difference. Eve (Ryan) is trying to balance her son and husband and caring for her father. Something that Maddy (Kudrow), a soap star and Georgia (Keaton), the head of a magazine entitled 'Georgia' will not do. They are too wrapped up in their own lives to come and help care for their dying father. Yes, the ending is a little predictable, but it is also very touching. If you're looking for a movie that has everyone getting along all the time, don't rent this. But if you want to watch a movie that shows what true family can be, rent this. Granted, many families are not like this, but hey, you never know!