Please Give

Story

Kate has a lot on her mind. There's the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store (and how much markup can she get away with?). There's the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter to want the expensive things that Kate wants. There's the marriage problem of sharing a partnership in parenting, business, and life with her husband Alex but sensing doubt nibbling at the foundations. And there's Kate's free-floating 21st century malaise--the problem of how to live well and be a good person when poverty, homelessness, and sadness are right outside the door.

Plus, there's the neighbors: cranky, elderly Andra and the two granddaughters who look after her. As Kate, Alex, and Abby interact with the people next door, with each other, and with their New York surroundings, a complex mix of animosity, friendship, deception, guilt, and love plays out with bot sharp humor and pathos. Please Give is writer/director Nicole Holofcener's perceptive-and devastatingly funny-take on modern life's contradictions, good intentions, and shaky moral bearings.

DVD Features

Cast

Rebecca Hall	Rebecca
Elizabeth Keener	Cathy
Elise Ivy	Marissa
Catherine Keener	Kate
Josh Pais	Adam
Sarah Steele	Abby
Ann Morgan Guilbert	Andra (as Ann Guilbert)
Amanda Peet	Mary
Oliver Platt	Alex
Griffin Frazen	Shopper
Reggie Austin	Shopper
Scott Cohen	Dr. Lerner
Paul Sparks	Blind Date
Lois Smith	Mrs. Portman
Thomas Ian Nicholas	Eugene

Official URL

http://www.sonyclassics.com/pleasegive/