Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding Directed by: Bruce Beresford Written by: Joseph Muszynski and Christina Mengert Starring: Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, Nat Wolff and Marissa O'Donnell Peace, Love, and Misunderstanding is a fairly rote piece of fluff, but exemplary performances by the talented cast make the film worth a watch. Catherine Keener stars as Diane, an icy and uptight lawyer who has just found out her husband wants a divorce. This event serves as the impetus for her to visit her estranged mother Grace (Jane Fonda) who lives in the town of Woodstock. For reasons never fully explained, the two have not spoken for over 20 years. That means that grandma has never had the opportunity to meet her grandchildren Zoe (Elizabeth Olsen) and Jake (Nat Wolff). Despite that minor detail, Grace doesn’t seem that rattled when Diane and the kids show up on her doorstep,...
- 6/13/2012
- by Shannon
- FilmJunk
Jane Fonda Makes Her Peace
By Alex Simon
Over her more than fifty years on the screen and in the public eye, Jane Fonda has worn more hats than any performer of her generation: daughter of Hollywood royalty (Henry Fonda), Oscar-winning actress, polarizing activist, fitness guru, best-selling author, Broadway star, mother, grandmother and wife, to three of their respective generation’s most influential men (director Roger Vadim, activist/politician Tom Hayden, media titan Ted Turner). Now in her 74th year (she turns 75 in December), Jane Fonda graces the screen again in director Bruce Beresford’s “Peace, Love and Misunderstanding,” a generation gap comedy-drama about an uptight career woman (Catherine Keener) who, after leaving her husband, brings her two kids (Elizabeth Olsen and Nat Wolff) to Woodstock, New York where her estranged mother (Fonda), a former and current hippie, lives on a sprawling farm. Truth, reconciliations and laughter soon follow. The IFC Films release,...
By Alex Simon
Over her more than fifty years on the screen and in the public eye, Jane Fonda has worn more hats than any performer of her generation: daughter of Hollywood royalty (Henry Fonda), Oscar-winning actress, polarizing activist, fitness guru, best-selling author, Broadway star, mother, grandmother and wife, to three of their respective generation’s most influential men (director Roger Vadim, activist/politician Tom Hayden, media titan Ted Turner). Now in her 74th year (she turns 75 in December), Jane Fonda graces the screen again in director Bruce Beresford’s “Peace, Love and Misunderstanding,” a generation gap comedy-drama about an uptight career woman (Catherine Keener) who, after leaving her husband, brings her two kids (Elizabeth Olsen and Nat Wolff) to Woodstock, New York where her estranged mother (Fonda), a former and current hippie, lives on a sprawling farm. Truth, reconciliations and laughter soon follow. The IFC Films release,...
- 6/8/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
The cast continues to expand for Bruce Beresford's "Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding" with the additions of Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Nat Wolff. Written by Joseph Muszynski and Christina Mengert, the story focuses on a New York lawyer (Catherine Keener) who decides to take a trip with her two children (Wolff and Elizabeth Olsen) to go and visit her estranged hippie mother (Jane Fonda).Olsen and Marissa O'Donnell are also the newest pieces to the cast for this Bcdf Pictures project. Initial filming is expected to start soon in New York so they can reach their estimated 2011 release date.The always super-awesome Jeffrey Dean Morgan recently was seen in "The Losers" and briefly in the underperforming "Jonah Hex". He's expected to appear next in the Dan Bradley remake of "Red Dawn", if that comes out soon, and is in the middle of filming his role in the Ami Canaan Mann crime...
- 6/24/2010
- LRMonline.com
Four new cast members have joined helmer Bruce Beresford's new film Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding . Jeffrey Dean Morgan ( Watchmen , "Grey's Anatomy") and Nat Wolff ("The Naked Brothers Band") will star alongside Academy Award winner Jane Fonda and Academy Award nominee Catherine Keener in the Bcdf Pictures production. In addition, Broadway actress Marissa O'Donnell and Elizabeth Olsen will make their big screen debuts. Olsen will play Keener's daughter and the love interest of recently announced cast member Chace Crawford ("Gossip Girl"). A portrait of an unconventional family, Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding tells the story of Diane (Keener), a conservative New York City lawyer who is in desperate need of an escape after her husband asks...
- 6/24/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Shrek The Musical star Brian d'Arcy James, who plays Shrek in the new Broadway show, will be featured on NBC's "Weekend Today" performing "Who I'd Be" live in-studio on Saturday, January 24. "Weekend Today" airs nationally on NBC (channel 4, Wnbc in the tri-state area). Check local listings. That same morning, James will also be interviewed on Wnbc's "Saturday Today in New York," airing in the tri-state area after "Weekend Today" between 9:00am & 10:00am. Shrek The Musical opened at The Broadway Theatre on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Shrek The Musical stars Tony Award? nominee Brian d'Arcy James as Shrek, Tony Award? winner Sutton Foster as Princess Fiona, Tony Award? nominee Christopher Sieber as Lord Farquaad, Tony Award? nominee Daniel Breaker as Donkey and Tony Award? nominee John Tartaglia as Pinocchio. Joining these actors are Cameron Adams, Haven Burton, Jennifer Cody, Ben Crawford, Bobby Daye, Ryan Duncan, Sarah Jane Everman, Aymee Garcia, Leah Greenhaus,...
- 1/22/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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