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Hanging Up

Play trailer Poster for Hanging Up PG-13,  2000,  1h 33m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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13% Tomatometer 83 Reviews 34% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Three sisters do what they do best with life, love, and lunacy on the telephone lines that bind when their father is admitted to a Los Angeles Hospital. After years of wild living, intermittent affection, and constant phoning, he is finally threatening to die.
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Though the screenplay and the novel it's based on were both written by the same person, critics say Hanging Up is an unsuccessful adaptation. The acting is praised as solid, but is ultimately unable to save the film.

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 24, 2010
2/5
A real shame that this isn't a good movie. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy Variety Aug 7, 2006
D
Three of Hollywood's most beautiful and talented actresses, Ryan, Keaton, and Kudrow, are totally wasted in this shamelessly sappy meller that bears the schmaltzy sensibility of Nora Ephorn, its inept producer and co-scripter even though Keaton is helmer Go to Full Review
Desson Thomson Washington Post Jan 1, 2000
1/5
Ten minutes into it, you're making low moans. Fifteen minutes into it, you have plucked out all of your hair. Gone! You're bald, you're unhappy, and the movie's only just begun. Go to Full Review
Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Nov 23, 2024
The film tackles weighty topics like acrimonious divorce, parental decline, and suicide with Ephron’s trademark wit and Keaton’s love of a zany, screwball comedy tone. Go to Full Review
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Dec 27, 2009
2/4
A sappy, overly familiar enterprise. Go to Full Review
Film Threat Dec 6, 2005
2.5/5
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Jun 9, 2018 I remember watching this movie many years ago and thinking it was entertaining and touching. I find it surprising the way EVERYONE on here just rips it to shreds. The acting was great in it and the story line does have a very human element. It's a good movie I think. See more
Han R Jun 6, 2010 The worst acting I've ever seen from Walter Matthau, but I do realize that he was very old and that this was his last film role. The whole movie is bad anyways. Too melodramatic and uninteresting. (First and only full viewing - 6/6/2010) See more
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Diane Keaton

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Meg Ryan

Eve

Diane Keaton

Georgia

Lisa Kudrow

Maddy

Walter Matthau

Lou

Adam Arkin

Joe

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Hanging Up

Walter Matthau plays Lou Mozell, whose wild living, constant phoning and other assorted antics drive his daughters crazy in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Hanging Up Eve Marks (Meg Ryan) now finds herself caretaker to her father, a former Hollywood screenwriter with a penchant for practical jokes Begged by her sister to dog-sit, Eve (Meg Ryan) realizes it's not easy feeding a pill to Maddy's oversized pooch, Buck, in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Hanging Up Eldest sister Georgia (Diane Keaton) runs her self-titled fashion magazine - not to mention the majority of her life - from her cell phone Lisa Kudrow portrays youngest sister Maddy, who after years of dabbling in several questionable professions ends up a lead character in a soap opera in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Hanging Up Eve (Meg Ryan, left), Lou (Walter Matthau, center) and Maddy (Lisa Kudrow) As they wait for news about their father, Eve (Meg Ryan, left) and Georgia (Diane Keaton) have a heart-to-heart between sisters Director Diane Keaton (left), who also stars in the Columbia Pictures presentation Hanging Up, discusses a scene with Lisa Kudrow (center) and Meg Ryan. Maddy (Lisa Kudrow, left) and Eve (Meg Ryan) enjoy a laugh while preparing for Eve's son's birthday party in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Hanging Up Sisters Maddy (Lisa Kudrow, left), Eve (Meg Ryan, center) and Georgia (Diane Keaton) get a hilarious surprise when they pay an unannounced visit on their father View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Three sisters do what they do best with life, love, and lunacy on the telephone lines that bind when their father is admitted to a Los Angeles Hospital. After years of wild living, intermittent affection, and constant phoning, he is finally threatening to die.
Director
Diane Keaton
Producer
Nora Ephron, Laurence Mark
Screenwriter
Delia Ephron, Nora Ephron
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG, Columbia Pictures, Laurence Mark Productions, Nora Ephron Productions
Rating
PG-13 (Sex-Related Material|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 18, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$36.0M
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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