Directed by: Paul Weitz
Cast: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden
Sage is an 18-year
old girl who finds herself pregnant and wanting an abortion. Unable to get the
money needed for the procedure from her boyfriend and unwilling to approach her
mother about it, Sage goes to her grandmother, a lesbian poet who is still
coping with the death of her long-time partner. The grandmother will do her
best to help her granddaughter collect the money for the abortion, reconnecting
with her estranged daughter in the process.
While the characters portrayed here are far from ordinary, they still feel real and not caricatural at all. I feel that is in great part due to the writing/directing work of Paul Weitz and to the acting from the cast, especially Lily Tomlin. Tomlin shoots off the screen in every scene. She is so great.
This is a beautiful little gem of a movie. While it is not very long, it still feels so complete. I love it.
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