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      R Released Apr 30, 2010 1 hr. 30 min. Comedy Drama List
      86% 142 Reviews Tomatometer 64% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score Kate (Catherine Keener) and her husband Alex (Oliver Platt) are wealthy New Yorkers who prowl estate sales and make a tidy profit reselling items they bought cheaply. They buy the apartment next door and plan to remodel just as soon as its current occupant, a cranky old woman, dies. Kate is troubled by the way she and her husband earn a living, and tries to assuage her guilt by befriending her tenant and the woman's granddaughters, but her overtures lead to unexpected consequences. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 01 Buy Now

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      Nicole Holofcener's newest might seem slight in places, but its rendering of complex characters in a conflicted economic landscape is varied, natural, and touching all the same.

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      jaime h Genius and hilarious and sad and sweet and beyond insightful! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review david f This is a very very small scale ensemble, folks living in NYC movie. It was pretty funny and very human. A bit plotless, but that can be okay if you have strong characters, and this one does. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Nicole Holofcener can do no wrong. The biggest cinematic failing is that we are not availed more of her auteur greatness at a more regular interval. She is a master, an original, and this film (as well as all of her written/directed by films) is nothing short of fantastic! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt make a lovely couple, even if he’s a horny schmuck. Sarah Steele as their daughter works. Good movie. Simple. 👍🏻 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/21/18 Full Review Audience Member Really good with multiple story lines and strong characters intertwining and trying to get through life. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member I really liked Kate. She came across so real to me. And I like the way her and Alex behaved in their relationship, especially when certain things happened which didn't necessarily get revealed to all involved. Everyone is leading their own individual lives, and yet their are interwoven in each others. I also almost always love a movie set in NYC! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Alyx Vesey Bitch Media Though some may argue that the film doesn't fully challenge white female privilege (or tire of Kate's crying), it's to the film's credit that it uses this as character detail and tries to mine humor and social commentary from it. Jan 11, 2021 Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Funny at times, Please Give is a surprisingly heartwarming coming-of-age film for six adults all passing through different stages of heir life. Rated: A- Sep 11, 2017 Full Review Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Formless and complicated. [Full review in Spanish] Jul 14, 2022 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com About the people who give, the people who don't give and how we finally manage to connect with one another. Rated: 3.5/4.0 Sep 20, 2020 Full Review Felicia Feaster Charleston City Paper Please Give is truly a film for our age; it's darkly comic stuff from a mistress of the miserable-urbanites genre. Jan 22, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Kate (Catherine Keener) and her husband Alex (Oliver Platt) are wealthy New Yorkers who prowl estate sales and make a tidy profit reselling items they bought cheaply. They buy the apartment next door and plan to remodel just as soon as its current occupant, a cranky old woman, dies. Kate is troubled by the way she and her husband earn a living, and tries to assuage her guilt by befriending her tenant and the woman's granddaughters, but her overtures lead to unexpected consequences.
      Director
      Nicole Holofcener
      Executive Producer
      Caroline Jaczko
      Screenwriter
      Nicole Holofcener
      Distributor
      Sony Pictures Classics
      Production Co
      Likely Story
      Rating
      R (Nudity|Language|Some Sexual Content)
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 30, 2010, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 1, 2012
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $4.0M
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