Tagline: The life you love may be your own.
“The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” is an adventurous trip through Pippa Lee’s past and present, as a methamphetamine-addicted mother whose husband leaves her for a younger woman. Pippa indulges in an array of erotic adventures while heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
From all outward appearances, Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Penn) leads a charmed existence. She is the devoted wife of an accomplished publisher (Alan Arkin) thirty years her senior, the proud mother of two grown children, and a trusted friend and confidant to all who cross her path. But as Pippa dutifully follows her husband to a new life in a staid Connecticut retirement community, her idyllic world and the persona she has built over the course of her marriage will be put to the ultimate test.
In truth, looks are deceiving, and this picture-perfect woman has seen more than her fair share of turmoil in her youth. Embarking on a bittersweet journey of self-discovery, accompanied by a new, strange and soulful acquaintance (Keanu Reeves), Pippa must now confront both her volatile past and the hidden resentment of her seemingly perfect life in order to find her true sense of self. By turns wry, humorous, and moving, “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” presents the complex portrait of the many lives behind a single name.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Starring: Robin Wright Penn, Julianne Moore, Wynona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Alan Arkin, Monica Bellucci, Blake Lively
Directed by: Rebecca Miller
Screenplay by: Rebecca Miller
Release: November 27, 2009
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, brief nudity, some drug material and language.
Studio: Screen Media Films
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $294,711 (28.6%)
Foreign: $734,465 (71.4%)
Total: $1,029,176 (Worldwide)