New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.
นาโอมิ วัตต์
Iris
บิล เมอร์เรย์
Walter
Ann Dowd
Marjorie
Constance Wu
Tuesday
Sarah Pidgeon
Val
Carla Gugino
Elaine
Noma Dumezweni
Barbara
เฟลิกซ์ โซลิส
Hektor
Owen Teague
Carter
New York City writer Iris finds her comfortable, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane named Apollo. The huge dog immediately creates practical problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life.
“Walter” (Bill Murray) is a cranky old author who decides that he’s had enough of life and so leaves his wife “Barbara” (Noma Dumezweni) with a four-foot, four-legged, slobbering problem. She decides that the best place for “Apollo” is with his longtime friend “Iris” (Naomi Watts). Bluntly, she would rather stick pins in her eyes, but she’s a bit of a sucker for a sob story and so soon she he has a new roomie in her tiny, rent-controlled, apartment where she is swiftly relegated from her bed to the floor. The mutt is clearly pining for his master, so she is going to have to learn how to get it to eat, sleep, do as it’s told and get off her mattress! Meantime, her friendly building supervisor has reminded her that pets are prohibited, and so she’d better come up with a plan B or else she might not even have the carpet to sleep on. What now ensues is an amiable bonding exercise that is entirely predictable, but that allows Watts and her canine companion to gently entertain us with some silly antics whilst addressing issues of friendship, trust and even a little betrayal. I thought it might have worked better on a stage, as the dialogue is rather more important here than the imagery, but with Murray featuring only sparingly there might be too much risk of the real star of the film - the dog - causing a bit of mayhem with an audience a few feet away! You’ll never remember this, even if you are the world’s greatest dog-lover, and it takes far too long to get going, but once the thing is up and running it’s a pleasant enough watch.
นักเขียน Harry Block ได้รับแรงบันดาลใจจากผู้คนที่เขารู้จัก และจากเหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้นกับเขา ซึ่งบางครั้งทำให้ผู้คนเหล่านี้รู้สึกห่างเหินจากเขาไปด้วย
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school's best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results.
Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the perfect partner for executing this double suicide plan. But before they go, they have some unfinished business to attend to.
ในปัจจุบัน ศิลปิน Tom Warshaw เล่าถึงช่วงวัยที่ต้องเผชิญกับเหตุการณ์สะเทือนขวัญ เมื่ออายุได้ 13 ปี ทอมเติบโตในนิวยอร์กซิตี้ในปี 1973 เขาคบหาสมาคมกับ Pappass ชายที่มีปัญหาทางจิต เมื่อแม่ของทอมต้องต่อสู้กับภาวะซึมเศร้าหลังจากสามีเสียชีวิต เด็กน้อยจึงถูกทิ้งให้ใช้ชีวิตตามลำพัง เมื่อทอมเริ่มหลงรักเพื่อนร่วมชั้นเรียนอย่าง Melissa ทำให้ Pappass รู้สึกถูกทอดทิ้งและเริ่มมีพฤติกรรมที่แปลกประหลาด
พอล แฮ็คเกตต์ ชายหนุ่มพนักงานออฟฟิชที่มีชีวิตธรรมดา จนกระทั่งเขาได้พบกับสาวสวยคนหนึ่งและเธอชวนเขาไปที่อพาร์ทเมนต์ในย่านโซโห นิวยอร์ค ในเวลาเที่ยงคืนและทำให้พอลได้พบค่ำคืนที่ลืมไม่ลง
A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
เมื่อคู่สามีภรรยานักเขียนที่ความก้าวหน้าในอาชีพการงานสวนทางกัน ตัดสินใจหย่าร้าง ลูกชายของทั้งคู่จึงต้องหาทางรับมือกับปัญหาครอบครัวและความเจ็บปวดที่พอกพูนในจิตใจ