Men Don't Leave (1990)

Directed by

Paul Brickman

Genre

comedy drama, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widowed housewife moves with her two sons to Baltimore after her husband's sudden death. She struggles to adjust to a new city and unfamiliar roles while raising her teenage boys.

bittersweetgentlemelancholiccomedicfamily-focusedunderstatedhopefulslow-paced

What happens

Men Don't Leave is a 1990 American comedy-drama film starring Jessica Lange as a housewife who, after the death of her husband, moves with her two sons to Baltimore. Chris O'Donnell, Arliss Howard, Joan Cusack, Charlie Korsmo and Kathy Bates also co-star in this film. The film, directed by Paul Brickman and co-written with Barbara Benedek, is a remake of the 1981 French film La Vie Continue. The original music score was composed by Thomas Newman. Warner Home Video released the film on DVD for the first time on September 15, 2009, as part of the "Warner Archive Collection". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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