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Why this pick
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MOVIE2005 2h 10m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Maggie (Cameron Diaz) and Rose Feller (Toni Collette) are sisters with nothing in common but their shoe size. They were raised by their father Michael (Ken Howard) and stepmother (Candice Azzara) after their mother Caroline died in a car accident. Rose is the eldest; an ostensibly plain and serious lawyer who is protective of Maggie despite her flaws. Maggie is a free spirit who is unable to hold a steady job (due to her virtual inability to read) and turns to alcohol and men for emotional and financial support. Rose grudgingly allows Maggie to move in with her in her Rittenhouse Square apartment in Philadelphia when their stepmother throws her out of the house. Their already difficult relationship ends when Rose catches Maggie in bed with Jim (Richard Burgi), her boyfriend. This leads to an argument in which Rose berates Maggie about her inability to read, and taunts her saying that she couldn't even spell Jim's name, when Maggie calls her sister a 'fat pig'. This apparently becomes the last straw for Rose, and she tries to choke Maggie. Both of them cry, and Maggie subsequently disappears from Rose's life.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Terrance Christopher Jones
Lawyer
Nicole Randall Johnson
Rose's Assistant
Jerry Adler
Lewis Feldman
Jackie Geary
My Marcia
Brandon Karrer
Canal House Guy
Jon Ingrassia
Bartender
Jason Peck
Cuervo Carl
Mary-Pat Green
Diner Waitress