Dad has to go to hospital. His memory is going. The rest of the movie entails Ryan's character fluttering around trying to figure out what to do, phoning her sisters, dealing with her father, dithering a' plenty and looking cute. It's only a wonder she's not called upon to suck her thumb or snuggle her blankie. For this movie, Ryan sports a really interesting jagged haircut that should render many women viewers incapable of looking at anything else for the first 40 minutes of the film.
Hair is important in Hanging Up.
The passage of time is indicated by the women's hair styles. Otherwise, Miss Ryan gets to do a couple of comic pratfalls. The sisters and their father phone each other all the time, so there are many, many laughs involving disconnections and call waiting and shouting at the phone. Well, that's about it. It's hard to say whether Hanging Up is offensive because of the way it goes for cheap laughs or because of the emotional manipulation involved.