Must Love Dogs
- Director: Gary David Goldberg
- Writer: Claire Cook; Gary David Goldberg
- Producer: Gary David Goldberg; Brad Hall
CGiii Comment
Middle-age rom-com featuring the essential let-us-kick-your-ass-out-of depression happy gay couple.
Nothing particularly memorable....but, a pleasant way to waste time while stuffing your face with sweeeet ice-cream.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Preschool teacher Sarah Nolan, divorced for eight months, is still grieving the end of her marriage. Although she didn't see it as being perfect, she probably would have stuck it out as what she saw as the "for better or worse" obligation of the wedding vows, that is if her ex-husband, Kevin, didn't end it for what ended up being leaving her for a younger woman. She is urged by her over-supportive family, comprised of her many siblings, their partners, and her widowed father, to get back into the dating scene, something she has been reluctant to do in not feeling ready. As such, her most proactive sister in the matter, Carol, sets her up on an Internet dating site. Within her less than prepared state, Sarah does go along with meeting men by the means offered to her. Beyond especially her female siblings, Sarah is given unique perspectives on the whole issue of dating and commitment by her father, Bill, who is exploring dating after losing who was the love of his life in Sarah's mother, thrice divorced Dolly, one of Bill's conquests who he meets online, and Sarah's gay teaching colleague, Leo, who she sees as being in the most committed loving relationship with his partner Eric of anyone she knows. Of the men she meets, Sarah makes what she believes is a connection with two, albeit awkward in both cases.
Cast & Characters
Diane Lane as Sarah Nolan;
John Cusack as Jake;
Elizabeth Perkins as Carol;
Christopher Plummer as Bill;
Dermot Mulroney as Bob;
Stockard Channing as Dolly;
Ali Hillis as Christine;
Brad William Henke as Leo;
Julie Gonzalo as June;
Glenn Howerton as Michael;
Ben Shenkman as Charlie;
Jordana Spiro as Sherry;
Kirk Trutner as Deli Guy;
Victor Webster as Eric;
Michael Spound as Marc