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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee dir. Rebecca Miller (trailer)

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Thursday, Jun 11, 2009

by Matt Mazur

Arthur Miller’s granddaughter has written and directed some unique female-centered stories (Personal Velocity and the underrated The Ballad of Jack and Rose), so hopefully the excellent Robin Wright Penn, Julianne Moore and Winona Ryder can elevate her newest film to another level, because the lifeless trailer makes it look like Lifetime-bound snooze-fest.

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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

By Stuart Henderson

21 Mar 2010

This feminist character study – in which we peel back the accumulated layers of silencing male coercive authority that have gathered like a veil around the 'secret' life, or lives, within – could have been thrilling.

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

By Marisa Carroll

18 Dec 2009

Clumsy moments in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee are at least partially offset by some nuanced performances.

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

By Cynthia Fuchs

25 Mar 2005

They inhabit an ideal world, located, a title helpfully informs you, on an isolated island off the Eastern Coast of the United States, 1986. They coo and cuddle, he coughs ominously, and they seem momentarily content, absorbed in one another. And then comes trouble.

Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2001)

By Cynthia Fuchs

6 Dec 2002

Each section lingers just a little, as if the characters will have trajectories beyond the minutes you see them.

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