People Like Us (2012)
Storyline
It tells the story of a struggling man who, after flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her troubled 12-year-old son.
Directors
Cast
Elizabeth Banks, Philip Baker Hall, Olivia Wilde, Katherine Sigismund, Jon Favreau, Michelle Pfeiffer, Katy Boyer, Maximilian Osinski, Chris Pine, Abhi Sinha, Christiann Castellanos, Paul Sanchez, Mark Duplass, Devin Brochu, Ken Barnett, Barbara Eve Harris, Michael Hall D'Addario, Rob Brownstein, Sara Mornell, LeShay N. Tomlinson, Dean Chekvala, David Burrus, Joseph Wise, Gabriela Milla, Sheila Shaw, Darren O'Hare, Tara Inden, Liza del Mundo, Stephanie Bast, Shaughn Buchholz, Pippa Hinchley, David Kelsey, Nick Smoke, Amanda Young, Jon Morgan Woodward
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Reviews
85
This is a straightforward family comedy-drama, a movie made for adults, and one that actually gives its actors – among them Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer and Philip Baker Hall – something to do. That's more of a rarity on today's landscape than it should be.
80
Boxoffice Magazine
This film stands out as one of the year's best.
75
This is a rare feel-good treat that nudges the heartstrings and makes you feel optimistic about the human race.
70
As overcranked as it is -- the film is directed as if it were an action drama, with two or three times more cuts than necessary -- People Like Us has a persuasive emotional pull at its heart that's hard to deny.
63
Sam and Frankie are certainly interesting enough that a film about them coming to grips with this hidden truth would have been justified. It also would probably have been harder to write than this one, so People Like Us marches on with a coy little smile, toying with Frankie and the audience.
