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In the Land of Women
Warner Bros. Pictures


5.8

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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sexual content, thematic elements and language

Starring Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan, Olympia Dukakis, Makenzie Vega, Elena Anaya, Clark Gregg, and JoBeth Williams

Carter Webb (Brody), a screenwriter living in L.A., goes into a tailspin when he is dumped by his beautiful, movie-star girlfriend. He decides to go visit his sick grandmother (Dukakis) in Michigan to take stock of his life. Once there, Carter is pulled into the lives of a neighborhood woman (Ryan) and her two daughters (Stewart and Vega), who are going through some tough times of their own. (Warner Bros. Pictures)

GENRE(S):	Comedy \| Drama \| Romance
WRITTEN BY:	Jon Kasdan
DIRECTED BY:	Jon Kasdan
RELEASE DATE:	Theatrical: April 20, 2007
RUNNING TIME:	97 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Portland Oregonian Marc Mohan

Solid acting, especially from the women, and a few good Colin Farrell jokes make this familiar tale better than it probably should be.

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Fresh, funny and perceptive.

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

Uneven and affecting movie.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Enjoyable for a movie in which pretty much nothing happens.

TV Guide Ken Fox

If you can get past the lips, Ryan gives a touching performance as a woman determined to battle her cancer while knowing life offers no guarantees except death -- an understanding no doubt sharpened by Kasdan's own experience battling Hodgkin's disease as a teenager.

USA Today Claudia Puig

What gives In the Land of Women its singular charm is the charismatic Adam Brody, the star of TV's "The OC."

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

The 27-year-old Kasdan displays an ability to bring a refreshing, human touch to what could be overly familiar material that echoes what his father did in films like "The Big Chill" and "Body Heat."

Newsweek David Ansen

Kasdan has made a winning if overly pat first feature notable for its keen ear, its preference for character over plot and its refreshing modesty.

Miami Herald Connie Ogle

Manages to be entertaining, largely because of the appealing Adam Brody.

Film Threat Stina Chyn

Isn't a bad film per se--it’s just an empty film.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

The picture is so gentle, it barely leaves an impression.

The Hollywood Reporter Luke Sader

Probably needed more originality than is on display. With an age-old cinema theme of a young man's maturation, it also needs to land female ticket-buyers but seems a lot like something women could find at home on the WE channel.

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

In the Land of Women sounds like a piece of cheap science fiction about the last man on earth. If you're the lovelorn mother and daughter in Jonathan Kasdan's first movie, a grating romantic drama, that's painfully close to the truth.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Despite its desperate attempts to appeal to every possible age group, there is no obvious audience for this movie.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

To his credit, writer-director Jonathan Kasdan is sensitive and observant...But he doesn't know what he's talking about, not really, and though he structures the film around his areas of ignorance, that only works partially.

Variety Justin Chang

A strong cast struggles valiantly to rise above Lifetime material in In the Land of Women, an appealingly scruffy if overly programmatic drama.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Despite a title that makes this movie sound as though it might be the latest madcap offering from Pedro Almodóvar, In the Land of Women is a much more conventional affair – a tame yet appealing melodrama about finding one's self that is alternately formulaic and unique.

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

Kasdan has inherited much of his father's surface skills; he knows how to round out a scene and keep things on story point. But In the Land of Women doesn't for a moment feel messy and chaotic where it counts.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

The movie refuses to descend into the cute smarminess of a mutual recovery drama, thanks to originally conceived characters. We're always wondering -- and wonderfully surprised -- by their choices.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

With its wry tone and mild emotional disturbances, In the Land of Women is less a chick flick than a chick flicker.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

This comedy drama is capably acted and undeniably touching in spots.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin

"Women" confirms that the only thing less enjoyable than enduring long, drawn-out conversations about feelings and relationships in real life is watching movies about people having long, drawn-out conversations about feelings and relationships.

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

Soppy, schematic weepie.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White

Most of this is harmless enough, but Kasdan's Hollywood logic is simply too implausible.

Village Voice Jessica Grose

Maudlin, formulaic affair.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

The meek, mopey comedy In the Land of Women is the film equivalent of a sensitive emo band with one foot in alternative rock and the other in the squishy pop mainstream: a softer, fuzzier "Garden State."

Premiere Ethan Alter

Like the equally dull romantic drama "Catch and Release," which was in theaters for a nanosecond back in January, In the Land of Women strains to convince the audience to that it's telling a real story about real people. But with its glossy visuals and photo-shoot ready cast, the movie ends up presenting us with the very opposite of reality.

New York Post Kyle Smith

In the Land of Women is one of those films informed by intimate personal experience - the experience of seeing "Garden State."

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Combines hugs and ''pain'' and dialogue so fakey-cute it makes your ears hurt.

The average user rating for this movie is 5.8 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Bit Burn gave it a7:
Methinks this was a cute film to watch with the wife on a Sunday night!

Ordep Z. gave it a4:
The trailers blow this movie to be somehting of a big heart warmer but in reality the blowing up did nothing for the movie. I was disapointed at Adrien Brody's performance. I mean I know he is young and what not but still there are people who are just his age and have the whole acting thing down pact. His performance in my opinon was the worst in the movie. Meg Ryan's character also was a bit out of place I didnt understand her, its almost as if her character didnt have any common sense. Well overall the movie was a disapointment even though it came out with good intentions I think there could have been a better performance overall.

Chad S. gave it a7:
If "In the Land of the Women" wanted to put more distance between itself and Zach Braff's "Garden State", Carter Webb(Adam Brody) had to get happy in order for us to see if his relationships with Sarah(Meg Ryan) and Lucy(Kristen Stewart) would alter any. Braff's character had an everyman quality, but Carter is different; he's a chick magnet, a sad chick magnet, whose forces of hotness even when set at hangdog, manages to pull a mother and daughter irrevocably towards his lips. When Carter was dating Sofia(Elena Anaya), his hot Latina model-girlfriend, would he have deemed these Wolverine State gals as being below his station? Let's not forget that Carter Webb was born and bred in Los Angeles(his mother, played by JoBeth Williams seems a little snobby). Nevertheless, "In the Land of the Women" withstands the negation of a litmus test for Carter's actual persona, and the "Terms of Endearment"-like trick of reconciling a feuding mother and daughter, to earn the title of "Garden State"-lite replete with one inspired moment(hint: John Hughes' ouevre is mentioned and there's a payoff to the film's name-dropping).

Blanco A. gave it a6:
It's a little movie, sure, but it's worth seeing. I'm glad I checked it out (with the "2" other people in the theater). Brody is solid in this role, and the writers didn't take the audience down the most predictable paths. [BTW: if you're from LA, the character probably went to Crossroads, which is a little interesting. Am I right J.K.?] Meg Ryan's character could have been fleshed out a bit more, but her relationship with the Brody character is really interesting. And while the teenage girl isn't totally believable, her anger & frustration with her mother is fleshed out well, and it services the conclusion of the film nicely. Oh yes, and Olympia Dukakis is a hoot.

Sarah P. gave it a1:
At least it's better than watching the OC. which doesn't say much but it does.

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