Hanging Up
Three sisters - Georgia, Eve, and Maddy - do what they do best with life, love, and lunacy on the telephone lines that bind - when their curmudgeonly father, Lou, is admitted to a Los Angeles Hospital. After years of wild living, intermittent affection, and constant phoning, he is finally threatening to die.
Critics Sentiment
Sisters try to remember the 1950s actress name
Georgia exploits Lou's illness to promote her magazine
The film jumps from Georgia's narcissistic exploitation of her father's illness to the sisters' touching reconciliation at his bedside, rising 3 points.
Critics found Hanging Up a frustrating mixed bag that wobbled between comedy and drama without finding consistent footing. While Walter Matthau's final performance and some touching father-daughter moments earned praise, the endless phone calls, one-dimensional characters, and tonal inconsistencies left most reviewers disappointed. The film improved when characters stopped talking on phones and came together physically, but many felt the quick resolution was too neat after so much family dysfunction.
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Meg Ryan
Eve Mozell Marks
Diane Keaton
Georgia Mozell
Lisa Kudrow
Maddy Mozell
Walter Matthau
Lou Mozell
Adam Arkin
Joe Marks
Jesse James
Jesse Marks
Shaun Duke
Dr. Omar Kunundar
Ann Bortolotti
Ogmed Kunundar
Cloris Leachman
Pat Mozell
Maree Cheatham
Angie
Myndy Crist
Dr. Kelly
Edie McClurg
Esther
Tracee Ellis Ross
Kim
Libby Hudson
Georgia's Assistant (Libby)
Celia Weston
Madge Turner
Stephanie Ittleson
Victoria
Charles Matthau
Young Lou
Paige Wolfe
Six-Year-Old Eve
Katie Stratton
Twelve-Year-Old Georgia
Talia-Lynn Prairie
Four-Year-Old Maddy
Crew
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