Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

a-shane-bishop Pros: the soundtrack is greatCons: It feels like the usual writer's impulse to tell the usual "LA coming of age" where the writer is the main character. But it feels like a first draft, then they ripped out pages and the editor was given the weekend to put it all together, like it was an Immunity challenge puzzle on Survivor.I don't like to harshly dump but - deep down there was an interesting story, marred and saddled by poor execution. Character development, transitions, timelines...all proceeded at a pace regardless of the actual dialogue or actions,Being the son of Lawrence Kasdan looks to have been a problem in directing this film. Someone should have been more honest about the quality and readiness of this project. Characters aren't interesting and don't develop just because of the footage of frames on screen,The speed bumps are too numerous to mention but...He pines over his ex and then when she calls he hangs up and doesn't call back for days? And for no real reason?

eric262003 With an impressive talent pool of female performers like veterans Meg Ryan, JoBeth Williams and Olympia Dukakis and a younger talented performer like Kristen Stewart, this is the land of women anyone can warm up to. Sadly, "In the Land of Women" director/writer Jon Kasdan's honest approach about a struggling writer who departs Los Angeles to tend to his ailing grandmother in Michigan, fails to give his cast, led by the underrated Adam Brody from "The O.C." a chance fully envelop their acting chops.The movie commences as soft-core porn movie writer Carter Webb (Brody) is in the process of getting dumped by his model/girlfriend Sofia (Elena Anaya). Carter is a harried writer parts ways to suburban Michigan to spend time with his grandmother (Dukakis in role that doesn't have much to challenge her) while it gives the much needed time to work on that novel, he so wishes to finish. Fortuitously, across the street from his grandmother's house live the Hardwicke family who are the need for some well-needed healing for an aspiring writer like himself. We have the mother Sarah (Meg Ryan who got lost in the shuffle since 1997) is suffering from breast cancer. She is joined by her disconnected daughter, Lucy (Stewart looking abnormally slender) who's in a crossroad situation of whether or not she should kiss school jock Gabe (Graham Wardle) or the more meek and humble Eric (Dustin Milligan). And then there's the younger daughter Paige (Mackenzie Vega) who is just another fine line of the typical Hollywood castings to play the smarter beyond their age preteen kids.I'll give kudos to Brody for keeping Carter for playing a solid role as a preoccupied individual, but his part as a protagonist really lacks anything you can feel emphatic about. Ever since the opening scene with the break-up we never see any kind of emotion from Brody except for looking miserable. Maybe Sofia was in the right for dumping this sour puss to begin with. And like Stewart, Brody looks like he's also quite gaunt. Meg Ryan as Sarah shows she's not a has-been as she puts on a wonderful performance as Sarah. However, we don't get to see her that much which makes her role inferior to her glory days making romantic comedies with the likes of Billy Crystal and Tom Hanks. As for Stewart playing role more customized for Evan Rachel Wood, she still stands out as a spoiled teen who also seems to have aspirations for painting. We watch as she slaps those brushes like Jackson Pollack on a canvas and after a quick montage, she created a provocative masterpiece. But her problems still aren't as problematic as the movie makes it out to be.Kasdan from his "Freaks and Geeks" days has no problems when it comes to creating eccentric and quirky characters. But "In The Land of Women" why are all the high school characters feel very superficial? He has tremendous story lines to carry with him, the breast cancer, the affair, the break-up, but then the film teeters off to the more mundane "After School Special" teen dramas (the house party scene was painful to endure). Plus the relationships look to poorly structured it's awkward to even think about. Sarah is too old to be with Carter, plus she's still married while Carter is much older than Lucy to be in any kind of serious relationship. But I'm relieved there was nothing serious about their relationship except for the angst-relieving kiss scene. But why did it taker place on the lawn. Couldn't they do it in a bedroom?Learning a bit from his father Lawrence's legacy, Jon does give his film the right tone, but it's still inferior to the senior Kasdan's "Big Chill". Jon takes great conceit into this film making it lacking in terms of emotion. In spite of the contrivances this movie possesses, there is still a vast amount of sincerity and insightful moments in this movie. But in the end very little amounts to the characters making this film alone feel at times very empty. Kasdan is a very capable director and a writer and I hope in 2018 with a new Han Solo project coming out, we will see where his career will take off after that.

MatthewLong23 This is a movie that should have been much better but is okay nonetheless. It's about a man named Carter who has just broken up with his famous girlfriend. He finds out from his mother that, his grandmother needs help at home so he volunteers to stay with her hoping this will help him in finding the inspiration to write a screenplay about his high school. We find out he's not thrilled with his present job, which is to write soft core porn. While helping his grandmother he becomes friends with the family across the street. He develops a friendship with the mother ( Meg Ryan) and soon the daughter ( Kirsten Stewart) and somehow finds himself a big part of their lives. The characters in this film are not fully developed which is a shame such as why the daughter hates her mother so much and why the mom feels lonely all the time. A lot of characters come in and out of this film very quickly such as the younger daughter who seems to really like Carter but is not heard from after hanging out with him. Also the fact that Carter was kissing a high school girl was very inappropriate. We later find out he's 26 and she is probably 16-17 years old. The fact that the mom is still willing to talk to Carter after that is very stupid. The story with the mom having cancer was not necessary and brought nothing to the story. Exploring the marriage should have been the main focus as the husband seems to have gone missing 30 minutes into the story.

Sony Peter i honestly think many of the comments written already about this movie is one-sided. to put in the right way, its both. its a nice 'cute' movie. its fresh and as someone put it, "will make you feel wishing that movie never ends" same time as you finish watching this movie, you will definitely have many question about some things. in extreme cases, "what the hell just happened?."(i personally asked that myself). But in no way it means that movie is boring or not worth watching. it is a nice movie with a theme. Meg Ryan did well as expected. the best thing about this movie is that its kept up its thread well to the end (not till climax though) and casting was excellent. this movie have got more potential. worth watching. you will love it