She's Funny That Way (2014)

Directed by

Peter Bogdanovich

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 716 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A playwright hires a call girl to act in his new play, but complications arise when his wife finds out and other characters get tangled up in romantic mix-ups. It is a screwball comedy filled with mistaken identities and overlapping relationships.

lightheartedfast-pacedquirkyplayfulwhimsicalzanynostalgicromantic

What happens

She's Funny That Way is a 2014 screwball comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and co-written with Louise Stratten. It stars Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Will Forte, Rhys Ifans, and Jennifer Aniston. It marked the first feature film Bogdanovich directed in 13 years since The Cat's Meow. In addition, the film marked Bogdanovich's final non-documentary feature he directed and Richard Lewis' final theatrical film before their deaths in 2022 and 2024 respectively. It received a limited release in the United States and was released through video on demand on August 21, 2015, by Lionsgate Premiere. The film received mixed reviews from critics. A director's cut with its originally intended title Squirrels to the Nuts was released in 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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