Win Win

Win Win (2011)

Cast: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Melanie Lynskey, Jeffrey Tambor, Burt Young, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Landecker, Margo Martindale, Finise Avery, Todd Fredericks
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Writer: Thomas McCarthy
Genre: Comedy
Rating: R
Running Time: 106 min.
Advisory: for language

Synopsis: Struggling attorney Mike Flaherty, who volunteers as a high-school wrestling coach, takes on the guardianship of an... elderly client in a desperate attempt to keep his practice afloat. When the client's teenage grandson runs away from home and shows up on his grandfather's doorstep, Mike's life is turned upside down as his win-win proposition turns into something much more complicated than he ever bargained for.

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The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life (2011)

Cast: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Joanna Going, Fiona Shaw, Jackson Hurst, Pell James, Crystal Mantecon, Jessica Chastain, Lisa Marie Newmyer, Jennifer Sipes
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
Genre: Drama, SciFi/Fantasy
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 138 min.
Advisory: for some thematic material

Synopsis: The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950's. The film follows the life journey... of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. We see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.

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