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Inventing the Abbotts
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6.3In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
Released: 1997-04-04110 minDir: Pat O'ConnorDrama, RomanceBox office: $5.9M
Cast
- Joaquin Phoenix as Doug Holt
- Liv Tyler as Pamela Abbott
- Jennifer Connelly as Eleanor Abbott
- Billy Crudup as Jacey Holt
- Joanna Going as Alice Abbott
- Kathy Baker as Helen Holt
Themes
- new love
- sibling relationship
- dysfunctional marriage
- working class
- wrong side of the tracks
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
14,381 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
41%
Metacritic
49/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Pat O'Connor
- Cast member
- Barbara Williams
- Composer
- Michael Kamen
- Producer
- Ron Howard
- Narrative location
- Illinois
- Filming location
- Santa Rosa
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 251042
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1997-04-04
- film editor
- Ray Lovejoy
- title
- Inventing the Abbotts
- distributed by
- Disney+
- after a work by
- Sue Miller
- review score
- 39%
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