Please Give

“Please Give” stars Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet, Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener, the film deals with a family in New York City and the various guilts the members experience from the everyday world around them. An interesting concept and idea gone somewhat astray by its two dimensional portrayal of these supposedly complicated characters who we never really get to know or understand. There is a lot of mental activity going on but the audience never seems to be let in on what is really happening and why. I give the film 2 and ½ stars. It is a nice film to watch but not worthy of the very high ratings some of the more reputable and respected critics have given it. I’m sure there are those who will see in this movie much more than I did and I congratulate them on their good luck.