Please Give

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Please Give

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2010

1h 30m

Comedy

Drama

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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.

Critics Consensus

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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Alyx Vesey

Bitch Media

01/11/2021

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.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

09/11/2017

A-

Funny at times, Please Give is a surprisingly heartwarming coming-of-age film for six adults all passing through different stages of heir life.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

07/06/2010

3.5/5

A stroll with these characters is a refreshing break from from the usual film exercises.

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Michael Leader

Den of Geek

05/07/2024

3/5

For a 90 minute, short story type of film, Please Give starts to feel too baggy...

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

07/14/2022

Formless and complicated. [Full review in Spanish]

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/20/2020

3.5/4.0

About the people who give, the people who don't give and how we finally manage to connect with one another.

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KOOKLA C

@Kookla49 11/07/2024

Super funny! great acting and a good movie to watch with my hubby... loved. it!

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Uynga U

@RT32500567 07/23/2024

amazing work, good luck

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Munkhjargal A

@RT28084692 07/23/2024

This movie shows that even if you try hard to make money, you may not be able to achieve it. The director did a great job.

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Bahad j

@RT27093708 07/22/2024

In my opinion, the movie uses very good camera and audio visual equipment and the crew members and the filmmakers have played their roles very well. I really liked it.

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david f

@dfulmer 11/01/2021

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.

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06/15/2021

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!

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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
Producer: Anthony Bregman
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
Runtime: 1h 30m