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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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