Director Nancy Meyers
Producers Nancy Meyers, Scott Rudin
Production companies Waverly Films, Scott Rudin Productions
US distribution Universal Pictures
International distribution Universal Pictures International
US release date December 25
Worldwide gross to date n/a
Best picture chances
Meyers has so far failed to snag Oscar nominations for herself or her films as a director (What Women Want, Something’s Gotta Give, The Holiday). It’s Complicatedcould change all that, not just because Meyers taps into the romantic confusion of the wealthy Hollywood set, but because she coaxes rich comic performances from Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. The film has been nominated for a Golden Globe for best picture (comedy or musical).
What Screen said
“Boasting a glittering fifty-something star trio in Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, it’s an old-fashioned romantic fantasy about the love problems of the very rich that is tailor-made to win over big audiences and should succeed in its mission… Box-office prospects are probably even greater than Meyers’ 2005 hit Something’s Gotta Give… Streep gives one of her most relaxed, unmannered comic performances. It’s ironic that in today’s youth-obsessed culture she has found her box-office stride in her late fifties; similarly it’s a testament to Meyers that a film about love among ageing divorcees has such box-office heat.”
Mike Goodridge
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