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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

She lived many lives - except her own.

2009 · 1h 38m · R Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Rebecca Miller

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After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.

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All reviews
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh

As a woman under the influence of everyone but herself, Pippa often feels lost when she's on her own - a blank slate with no one holding a chalk - Robin Wright Penn allows us to get to know a character who still doesn't really know herself.

Ian Buckwalter, NPR
Rotten

There's a deliberate quality to the storytelling that makes the movie drag in many scenes; and yet, numerous characters flit by that we don't have time to really meet.

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Rotten

The movie has the busy-aimless feeling of a cocktail party rather than a rigorously constructed drama. Interesting people drift through, anecdotes are shared, attention shifts here and there, and abruptly it's time to go.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh

A superb performance by Robin Wright Penn illuminates Rebecca Miller's intelligent and revealing look at the inner wild child beneath a 50-ish Connecticut matron.

Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Rotten

Awkward in ways both intended and not.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

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