Enough Said

Plot synopsis:
Eva, a masseuse and the divorced mother of a teenage girl, attends a party in Pacific Palisades with her friends, married couple Will and Sarah. There she meets a poet, Marianne, and Will introduces Eva to one of his friends, Albert. After the party, Albert asks Will for Eva's number and, although hesitant since she is not physically attracted to him, Eva agrees to go on a date with Albert, which goes well. Marianne contacts Eva for a massage, and after taking an immediate liking to one another they become friends.
Eva finds herself growing fonder of Albert and they have lunch with his teenage daughter, Tess, who, like Eva's daughter Ellen, is graduating from high school and moving away to attend college. A few days later, Eva goes to her massage appointment with Marianne and realizes that Albert is Marianne's ex-husband after Marianne tells a story about how he manages to pick out onions when scooping salsa — the same story Albert had told Eva, but about guacamole. Tess then arrives at the house and Eva's suspicions are confirmed. Marianne tries to introduce Eva to Tess, but Eva hides behind a tree to avoid the meeting. Eva continues seeing Albert, keeping her friendship with Marianne a secret; likewise, she does not tell Marianne that she is seeing him.
Eva encourages Marianne to voice her complaints about Albert so she can identify potential problems in her relationship with him. At the encouragement of Eva, Sarah and Will invite her and Albert to a dinner party, which ends badly after Eva nitpicks over Albert's faults, which upsets him. At another appointment with Marianne, Eva is exposed when Albert arrives to drop Tess off. He is angry that Eva kept her friendship with Marianne a secret, and breaks up with her.
Eva and her ex-husband take Ellen to the airport for her flight to college. A few months later, on Thanksgiving Day, Eva drives by Albert's home and stops in front of the house on her way to pick up Ellen from the airport. He sees her and she awkwardly waves. He eventually comes outside, to Eva's surprise, and sits with her on the porch while they begin to renew their relationship.

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Review:
This woman clearly was very hesitant due to the fact that he is overweight and could not fully express her affection becoming torn in the process between the poison spouted by his ex wife as well as expecting her circle to approve of him.Interesting, intelligent and heart warming would perhaps be a fitting finale to the great James Gandolfini..
Its plot is straightforward: a middle-aged woman (Julia-Louis Dreyfus) falls in love with a divorced middle-aged man (James Gandolfini).
'ENOUGH SAID': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five) James Gandolfini (in one of his last film roles) co-stars with Julia Louis-Dreyfus in this romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener.
Fans of honest and real romantic comedies should be more than pleased.Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars as Eva, a divorced massage therapist who is not looking forward to her daughter, Ellen (Tracey Fairaway), going away to college.
When Eva learns that her ex is Albert things become complicated as she doesn't know how to tell Albert or Marianne that she knows the other.The film is funny but in a very real way; I was really impressed with how much the movie felt so true to life.
It's all so painfully predictable that fans of romantic comedies now feel the need to qualify their taste in films: "I know they're terrible/predictable/silly/unrealistic/etc, but I like them anyway!" In other words, we're a long, long way away from the heyday of the romantic comedy in the 1930s and 1940s – when screwball ruled Hollywood and the films being produced were the finest in any genre.Fortunately, every once in a while, films like writer-director Nicole Holofcener's Enough Said happen along – films so warmly romantic, funny and realistic (after a fashion) that they prove, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that there's life, quality and potential yet in a tired genre.Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is a divorced massage therapist about to send her grown-up daughter off to college.
Eva's slow, agonising betrayal of Al's trust – for that is what it is – is treated with maturity and intelligence: it's something we can imagine ourselves doing in her situation, a complication wrought by human curiosity and error rather than the typically ludicrous twists that break couples up in more traditional rom-coms.Louis-Dreyfus, radiating charm and sunshine, is a huge reason why Holofcener's film works as well as it does.
"I've been listening to this woman say the worst things about the guy I'm starting to really like." Directed and written by Nicole Holofcener (Friends With Money and Please Give), Enough Said is a charming middle aged rom com that benefits from an incredible chemistry between James Gandolfini and Julia-Louis Dreyfus and a witty script.
This is a film for grown ups about second chances and finding love after having failed in the past.Eva (Julia-Louis Dreyfus) is a divorced middle aged mother who works as a masseuse.
After going to a party with her married friends, Sarah (Toni Collette) and Will (Ben Falcone), she meets Albert (James Gandolfini) a divorced father who is going through a similar experience with her daughter.
Went to see this movie not really knowing what to expect, i don't really go to the theater i went to, i just wanted to see this because it's going to be one of James Gandolfinis last films and i love Gandolfini in general.
Turns out, i got more than i bargained for, it actually turned out to be one of my favorite films of the year, not just because of Gandolfini, but because of the other cast such as the wonderful Julia Louis-Dreyfus and many others.
Enjoyable Middle Aged Rom-Com. Enough Said is the latest occasional cinema offering from writer and director Nicole Holofcener whose mainly television credits include Six Feet Under and the witty Parks and Recreation.It is a middle-aged rom-com centering on a budding relationship between two fifty-something divorcees Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Albert (James Gandolfini).
Eva shares her experiences and details of her incipient romance with a coterie of friends, the therapist Sarah (Toni Collette) and successful poet Marianne (Catherine Keeler).The film's comedy though pretty firmly rooted in safe, white bread territory is nonetheless both funny and nicely played.
Gandolfini is given the strongest role by Holofcener – a wise decision, giving the film better balance with he being the only non-peripheral man in the piece.The main criticism to be made is of the sub-standard editing which jars several times and is distinctly off-putting.
The two main stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini play a pair of divorced and currently single parents who each respectively have a daughter who is going off to college in a few weeks.
Through a chance meeting at an evening party Eva (played by Julia Louis- Dreyfus) and Albert (played by James Gandolfini) bump in to one another and exchange what appear to be a few meaningless words about the dating pool being a bit sparse at the party they are attending.
In a story about two wounded, lonely hearts who find connection, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a disaster in the role of a somewhat awkward middle-aged woman who has been hurt before, but who is willing to risk hurt and rejection for the chance of new romance.
The movie is a bitter-sweet romantic drama, but Louis-Dreyfus plays it like an episode of Seinfeld.
Long, pointless dialog scenes which aim to be clever but fall flat caused me to simply tune out despite the considerable charms of the cast.Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays a masseuse but she looks so unfamiliar and awkward in the job, it calls attention to the entire vision of the writer-director that her character, like all the characters is a story concept not a real human being.
If you enjoy this sort of thing then you will probably like "Enough Said".) I hate to be that guy, but Catherine Keener plays the same frumpy, typecast best friend that she plays in almost every movie.
It is the story of an early forties woman Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus from Seinfeld) who falls in love with the much bigger much less attractive Albert (James Gandolfini from the Sopranos in one of his last ever roles).
And my opinion of Dreyfus after watching this is that she just is not the caliber of actress to tackle dramatic film roles.Besides the lack of chemistry and Dreyfus being far outperformed by every other actor in the movie the script is just thin and silly.
Where if the main character had just done what any normal person in real life would have done there would be no movie.I found myself wondering if maybe Gandolfini had died during filming and so the script had to be rewritten to salvage a movie from what footage they had.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini make a nice romantic couple in Enough Said.
In comes Albert (James Gandolfini) a middle age good guy, who pursues Eva and nice guy with a few imperfections.
James Gandolfini's premature death will invite fans of The Sopranos but guys, this is a chic-flick and although it's refreshing to see Gandolfini bear a different kind of role, his turn as a sluggish and overweight single parent is far from meeting the supremacy of Tony Soprano.Enough Said is the new romantic comedy from writer/director Nicole Holofcener (Friends With Money, Six Feet Under).
It tells the story of Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a masseuse and single parent as she steps cautiously into a relationship with Albert (Gandolfini).
Where Holofcener's reputation sees to it that she makes movies that are easy to slip into, there's something awkward at the heart of this portrait of middle-aged relationships that prevents it from growing as a successful rom-com.Louis-Dreyfus is comically able and a radiant centrepiece.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives an Oscar performance as a divorced mother who starts dating but at the same time has an insecure daughter getting ready to head off to college.
But this is a great cast that couldn't of been chosen any better, James Gandolfini as a middle aged with a very unique job, the amazing Catherine Keener is at the top of her game as well.
Instead, James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss come across as real people with the expected defense mode and vulnerabilities as they try to find intimacy and a personal connection.Albert (Gandolfini) and Eva (Louis-Dreyfuss) meet at a party and subtle sparks fly as both claim they aren't attracted to anyone at the party.
Although this is Eva's story, the real heart of the film is delivered by Gandolfini's performance.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus proves herself up to the challenge of carrying a feature-length film in Nicole Holofcener's latest, "Enough Said." In the film's sitcom premise, she plays a divorced woman who begins dating a man (James Gandolfini), only to find out that he's the ex-husband of one of her new massage clients (Catherine Keener).
The problem is that her client's divorce was toxic, and Keener does nothing but point out all of Gandolfini's flaws, which inevitably poison Louis-Dreyfus's opinions of him.Not only does the film have a sitcom premise, it also plays out like one, albeit a smarter-than-average one, complete with happy ending for the new couple.
But Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini have a ton of chemistry (who would have thought?) and both have such good comic timing that they're able to elevate the film into something it might not otherwise have been.I don't know who Holofcener hangs out with in her personal life, but based on the movies she makes and the characters in them, they must all be shrewish, brittle, bitter women who are either divorced or in dismal marriages.
Finding myself with nothing to do on Halloween night, after a lovely afternoon at Baker Beach, I checked out this film on its final screening at the Balboa: it made for a good escape from the madding crowds.I thoroughly enjoy Nicole Holofcener's movies, especially the relationship she has developed with Catherine Keener, who plays the hapless protagonist in her earlier films.
The performances all around are excellent, with James Gandolfini taking the laurels, but solid support from Toni Collette and Catherine Keener, and the three young actors who play the three teenage girls..
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss plays Eva, a middle-aged divorcée who looks for love in all the wrong places and finally realizes the error of her ways.
Her love interest is Albert (James Gandolfini), an overweight and funny divorcée who happens to be formerly married to Eva's new friend, a poet named Marianne.
After the movie ended, I watched the theater empty and I am pretty sure I was the youngest viewer in the theater, and I am 40.In my unqualified opinion, the best praise that I can heap upon it is that it as as funny as a funny American movie (As good as it gets), and as thoughtful, real, cute and hyperbole free and full of memorable characters as a French movie, where KISMET plays a big role (Amelie, Happenstance, etc)!It is not truly intended to be a comedy movie, where they try and set up comedic scenes and load it with over the top characters, yet the parade of jokes was endless, usually courtesy of back and forth banter between the two lead characters.
Knowing James Gandolfini never got to watch the completed film of 'Enough Said' breaks my heart, because it's truly a beautiful viewing experience and he's in top form here.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini give genuine performances as realistic characters in a farcical situation.
Such an amazing movie, great story but what makes it so great is James Gandolfini and the way he made you feel about the storyline, the character he was playing...
watching james Gandolfini aka tony soprano in romantic drama is pleasure to see and acted perfectly with Julia Louis- Dreyfus..
But Enough Said is a film worthy of his superb talent, giving us one last great memory of the man.Louis-Dreyfus plays massage therapist Eva, divorced mother of a teenage girl.
Starring two actors still best known for their star-making television turns, there's a lot about second chances in this story of two middle-aged parents giving each other and themselves the benefit of the doubt.There's something so touching, raw and frankly surprising about the chemistry between Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the late James Gandolfini.
The only conflicts (though it's a big one) is when Louis-Dreyfus' Eva learns that Gandolfini's Albert is, amazingly enough, her new client/bestie Marianne's (Catherine Keener) ex-husband.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus was also great in the movie as she plays the funny, always smiling wife that screw's up a couple of times in the movie, basically real life.
There are movies and there are films - Enough Said is wonderful little film that focuses on coming into later-adulthood in a really marvelous manner.As with most of independent films, Enough Said is a verbose film that focuses on the characters and their real life struggles in a slightly exaggerated but entertaining fashion.Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Eva, a slightly faulted divorcée and single mother, soon to be empty-nester, struggling in the dating scene for the over forty.
Her life begins to change when she meets a sloppy, but charming man (Gandolfini) Things get awkward when she finds out he used to be married to one of her patients (Keener) This is a refreshingly grown up romance film.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Eva a divorcée with daughter just about to go to college.She meets Albert played by James Gandolfini in a party who also has a daughter who is about to go to college.
I watched Enough Said expecting a casual rom-com, a feel-good movie like we've already seen thousands of; but oh god was I wrong, it is much more than that!The story focuses on two late 40's, early 50's characters and that's what makes the difference.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a fantastic actress when it comes to comedy, her sarcastic personality is very funny to watch and she shows lots of vulnerability which makes you identify with the character of Eva, even if you're not over 40 or divorced.
James Gandolfini has made so many great characters and shows or movies that it is hard to think he won't be able to make more.
It was a bittersweet feeling watching this 2013 drama/comedy due to the fact it features one of James Gandolfini's last roles but upon conclusion of the movie you feel it is also a fine tribute to the great actor in what was a finely written and different role for a man that was usually typecast into some type of tough guy/mobster role.
It also helps that the movie surrounding the larger than life figure is also easy to love and warm to as well.Director Nicole Holofcener imbues her film with a warm and realistic charm that makes you feel compassion for almost all of the characters in the piece.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini were born to act and this is a great testament to their tremendous subtle skills as actors.
Acted wonderfully by James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus this is a movie that will definitely win your heart.
Director Nicole Holofcener, who has mastered the art of independent romantic comedy movies, has developed her supreme film in "Enough Said".
The movie stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Eva, a middle-aged divorcée masseuse and mother of a teen female on her way to college.
ENOUGH SAID is a quiet, gentle, sweet, and disarming little film that is so well written it feels like being a voyeur over the back fence.Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a divorced and single parent of a teenage girl, spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse while dreading her daughter's impending departure for college.
She meets Albert (James Gandolfini) - a sweet, funny and like-minded man who is also divorced and facing the departure of his daughter to college.
Now enlightened and with a skewed view of her ability to read other people as well as her own misconceptions of what she wants in a partner pries a schism between Eva and Albert – and very wisely on Holofcener's script we are left wonder how things will end or develop.Julia Louis-Dreyfus is brilliant as is James Gandolfini whose interaction is spot-on as far as contemporary relationships are concerned.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini waste their charm on this mediocre romantic comedy.
Louis-Dreyfus plays a recently divorced masseuse who makes a new friend (Catherine Keener) and a new boyfriend (James Gandolfini) pretty much simultaneously.
if you like to watch spontaneous fine couple you will certainly would love ( Albert-Eva )characters.
It focuses on Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus of Seinfeld fame), a divorced, middle-aged masseuse who makes house-calls and tries to look after her eighteen- year-old daughter who is going off to college soon.
Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, and Ben Falcone.
It's not the story that keeps us watching, it's the characters.It almost seems Nicole Holofcener wrote this role specifically for Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Many love stories address that question, but Ms. Holofcener tilts it a few degrees." 'Enough Said' won't be known as the last movie James Gandolfini ever did, but it'll be known as the last comedy he ever did - and the movie is worth watching and remembering.It's the genuineness of the characters and the tasteful portrayal of them that makes the movie so engaging.
I also liked the surrogate mother relationship with her daughter's teenage friend.Overall it was a good movie, a realistic situation featuring normal looking and acting people, which is always instructive, but it wasn't great.
The 2 lead actors, Eva and Albert (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini) do a very well job.
Enough Said (2013) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Charming and touching romantic comedy about a divorced woman (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who finds herself dealing with her daughter going away to college while at the same time starting a new relationship with a man (James Gandolfini) who she soon realizes is the ex-husband to a woman she just met and is becoming friends with.
Julia-Louis Dreyfus really need more film roles because she killed it as the quirky Eva who is trying to find some love.