Search: Starring Carrie Preston

The Holdovers (2023)

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An old school slice of comfort and joy for the cold season.

Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5

An unpopular teacher, a talented but badly behaved student and a cook who recently lost her son in Vietnam spend Christmas together in an otherwise empty boarding school.
Lovely By Surprise (2006)

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Many comparisons have been made to Charlie Kaufman and rightly so.

Susanna Krawczyk · 4 out of 5

Multi-layered interaction between fictional characters, their author and a used car salesman.
Mercury Rising (1998)

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This is formula fare. Nothing wrong with that when it's given serious treatment.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5

Bruce Willis's undercover agent steps in to protect a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked a top-secret code.
Transamerica (2005)

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These characters could so easily have been turned into figures of ridicule, but instead they are taken entirely seriously and presented as rounded individuals whose sexuality and gender are only parts of a more multi-faceted identity.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5

A pre-operative trans woman takes an unexpected journey after discovering she has a son.
Virginia (2010)

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Jennifer Connelly has never been more subtle and astute.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5

A psychiatrically troubled woman trying to move on with her teenage son, finds her way blocked by a sheriff with whom she has had a long-standing affair.
Who's Afraid Of Vagina Wolf? (2013)

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Olech's scenes are a delight but she really deserves better material.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5

An unhappy slacker tries to make a film in order to impress the girl of her dreams.