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  • 2009
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary From all outward appearances, Pippa Lee leads a charmed existence. She is the devoted wife of an accomplished publisher thirty years her senior, the proud mother of two grown children, and a trusted friend and confidant to all who cross her path. But as Pippa dutifully follows her husband to a new life in a staid Connecticut retirement c...

Directed By: Rebecca Miller

Written By: Rebecca Miller

  • 2009
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 38 m

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
49
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.1
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Summary From all outward appearances, Pippa Lee leads a charmed existence. She is the devoted wife of an accomplished publisher thirty years her senior, the proud mother of two grown children, and a trusted friend and confidant to all who cross her path. But as Pippa dutifully follows her husband to a new life in a staid Connecticut retirement c...

Directed By: Rebecca Miller

Written By: Rebecca Miller

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
49
31% Positive
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
10 Reviews
6% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
49
31% Positive
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
10 Reviews
6% Negative
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83
Flashes of dark humor and steady, grounded performances make it a welcome return for Miller, making her first film since 2005's "The Ballad of Jack and Rose."
By Marc Mohan FULL REVIEW
75
Miller never really fleshes out all of these colorful characters in her emotionally facile script, leaving the heavy lifting to the actors. Fortunately for The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Wright is more than up to the challenge.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
50
It almost works. We almost care about her. A whopper of a plot twist late in the game explains Pippa's transformation as some kind of self-flagellatory penance, but by that point it feels like an afterthought.
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50
For a movie about the unpredictability of life, Pippa Lee plays it awfully safe.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Feels as schizophrenic as its eponymous heroine.
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40
Adult children and friends watch nervously as Pippa reclaims a measure of spunk; too bad it all feels like one of those pharmaceutical ads for longer, healthier lifestyles.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
20
These actors know how to liven up a room, yet here they're forced to perform in Miller's Theater for the Overwritten.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.1
36% Positive
4 Ratings
45% Mixed
5 Ratings
18% Negative
2 Ratings

User Reviews

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings
6.1
36% Positive
4 Ratings
45% Mixed
5 Ratings
18% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Grand Army Entertainment, IM Global, Lumina Films, Plan B Entertainment
Release Date Nov 27, 2009
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The life you love may be your own.
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Awards

Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 2 Nominations
Casting Society of America, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Nomination

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