In the Land of Women

In the Land of Women

Infobox Film
name = In the Land of Women


image_size = 200px
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director = Jon Kasdan
producer = Castle Rock Entertainment
Warner Bros.
writer = Jon Kasdan
starring = Adam Brody
Elena Anaya
Olympia Dukakis
Meg Ryan
Kristen Stewart
Makenzie Vega
music = Stephen Trask
cinematography = Paul Cameron
editing = Carol Littleton
Marty Levenstein
distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
released = 20 April 2007
runtime =
country = United States
language = English
website =
amg_id = 1:317169~T0
imdb_id = 0419843 "In the Land of Women" is a 2007 comedy/drama/romance film directed and written by Jon Kasdan. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2006. The film premiered in the United States on April 20, 2007.

Plot

After being dumped by his girlfriend, Los Angeles resident Carter Webb (Adam Brody) travels to Michigan to take care of his sick grandmother. Webb immediately begins to bond with his grandmother's neighbors, housewife Sarah Hardwicke (Meg Ryan) and her elder teenage daughter, Lucy (Kristen Stewart). The relationships he builds with these two and his grandmother lead him to look differently upon his own life and the future ahead of him.

Cast

Box office performance

The film was released April 20, 2007 in the United States and grossed US$4.7 million in 2,155 theaters in its opening weekend, coming in 8th at the U.S. box office. [cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=inthelandofwomen.htm |title=In the Land of Women (2007) - Weekend Box Office |accessdate=2007-09-12 |publisher=Box Office Mojo] The film stayed in theaters for 10 weeks and went on to gross $11 million in the U.S., with a combined worldwide gross of $15.9 million. [cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=inthelandofwomen.htm |title=In the Land of Women (2007) |accessdate=2007-09-12 |publisher=Box Office Mojo]

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews. As of September 2007 on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 44% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 108 reviews (48 "fresh", 60 "rotten"). [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_the_land_of_women/ |title=In the Land of Women - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2007-09-12 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] The site reported there was a consensus among critics that the characters in the film were underdeveloped. On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 47 out of 100 based on 29 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/inthelandofwomen |title=In the Land of Women (2007): Reviews |accessdate=2007-09-12 |publisher=Metacritic] However, Meg Ryan who played the role of Sarah, received critically acclaimed reviews on her performance.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0419843|title=In the Land of Women
*rotten-tomatoes|id=in_the_land_of_women|title=In the Land of Women
*metacritic film|id=inthelandofwomen|title=In the Land of Women
*mojo title|id=inthelandofwomen|title=In the Land of Women
*amg movie|id=1:317169~T0|title=In the Land of Women
* [http://www.myspace.com/itlow Official MySpace Page - Trailers, photos & news]
* [http://www.midwestbusiness.com/news/viewnews.asp?newsletterID=17005 Adam Brody Seduces Chicago on ‘In the Land of Women’] , MidwestBusiness.com, 4/17/07
* [http://www.recenzenci.pl/recenzja/69/ In the Land of Women Review] at Recenzenci.pl (PL)


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