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Book Club
Why this pick
A similarly upbeat, ensemble-led story of longtime friends whose shared reading sparks candid conversations, renewed confidence, and later-in-life romantic adventures.
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MOVIE2007 1h 46m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The book club is the brainchild of fiftysomething six-time divorcée Bernadette (Kathy Baker), who latches onto the idea when she meets Prudie (Emily Blunt), a prim, married high school French teacher in her mid-20s, at a Jane Austen film festival. Her idea is to have six members discuss all of Austen's six novels, with each member hosting the group once a month. Also inducted into the club are Sylvia (Amy Brenneman), a fortysomething librarian who has recently separated from her philandering lawyer husband Daniel after more than two decades of marriage; Sylvia's 20-something lesbian daughter Allegra (Maggie Grace); Jocelyn (Maria Bello), a happily unmarried control freak and breeder of Rhodesian Ridgebacks who has been Sylvia's friend since childhood; and Grigg (Hugh Dancy), a science fiction fan who's roped into the group by Jocelyn with the hope he and Sylvia will prove to be a compatible match.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Maria Bello
Jocelyn
Maggie Grace
Allegra
Scott Menville
ADR Loop Group (voice)
Justin Shenkarow
ADR Loop Group (voice)
Kathy Baker
Bernadette
Amy Brenneman
Sylvia
Emily Blunt
Prudie
Hugh Dancy
Grigg