A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
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- TriviaIn a 2023 interview with Filmmaker magazine, Nicole Holofcener spoke about the personal thoughts and feelings that inspired the film: "A lifetime of wondering if people are lying to me inspired the idea. And when they don't lie, can I cope with that? I guess my experience of being vulnerable to other people's opinions about me and my work, and the fact that my work is so autobiographical. My movies feel like they're me. I really feel like they are so close to my personality and values and the things I think and worry about. And the characters-at least one usually-are so clearly based on me. And if they don't get it, can they get me? Can I also live with the possibility that they don't get it, or like it, and still love me? But yeah, sometimes I can cope with it well, and sometimes I can't. I still want approval, of course. Don't we all?"
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Gently explores the tension between being supportive or honesty in relationships
It's a comedy-drama wet in current times in New York City about relationships between long-standing couples.
Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is a writer. She's had a moderately successful memoir published about a difficult childhood but is struggling with her first novel. Her husband, Don (Tobias Menzies), is a therapist. Some of the patients we meet are not making a lot of progress. Beth and Don have a 23-year-old son, Elliott (Owen Teague), who is an aspiring playwright, but currently manages a legal pot store. Beth's sister, Sarah (Michaela Watkins), is an interior designer with demanding clients. Sarah's husband, Mark (Arian Moayed), is an insecure actor with only occasional parts. Beth and Sarah's mother, Georgia (Jeannie Berlin), is challenging and seems on the verge of dementia.
"You Hurt My Feelings" is a gentle film that explores the tension between being supportive or brutal honesty in relationships, whether with spouses, clients, or children. It succeeds in the exploration, even though there is little real drama and not many belly laughs. In many ways, "You Hurt My Feelings" illustrates how many long-term relations prosper. Louis-Dreyfus, Menzies, and Teague are excellent. Amber Tamblyn and David Cross are also good as two of Don's bickering clients.
Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is a writer. She's had a moderately successful memoir published about a difficult childhood but is struggling with her first novel. Her husband, Don (Tobias Menzies), is a therapist. Some of the patients we meet are not making a lot of progress. Beth and Don have a 23-year-old son, Elliott (Owen Teague), who is an aspiring playwright, but currently manages a legal pot store. Beth's sister, Sarah (Michaela Watkins), is an interior designer with demanding clients. Sarah's husband, Mark (Arian Moayed), is an insecure actor with only occasional parts. Beth and Sarah's mother, Georgia (Jeannie Berlin), is challenging and seems on the verge of dementia.
"You Hurt My Feelings" is a gentle film that explores the tension between being supportive or brutal honesty in relationships, whether with spouses, clients, or children. It succeeds in the exploration, even though there is little real drama and not many belly laughs. In many ways, "You Hurt My Feelings" illustrates how many long-term relations prosper. Louis-Dreyfus, Menzies, and Teague are excellent. Amber Tamblyn and David Cross are also good as two of Don's bickering clients.
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- May 26, 2023
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- Gross US & Canada
- $4,830,788
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,396,448
- May 28, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $5,742,597
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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