Directed by:
Greg MottolaScreenplay:
Greg MottolaCinematography:
John InwoodCast:
Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Anne Meara, Parker Posey, Liev Schreiber, Campbell Scott, Douglas McGrath, Marcia Gay Harden, Adam Davidson, Peter Askin (more)VOD (2)
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With its droll humor and bittersweet emotional heft, the feature debut of writer-director Greg Mottola announced the arrival of an unassumingly sharp-witted new talent on the 1990s indie scene. When she discovers a love letter written to her husband (Stanley Tucci) by an unknown paramour, the distraught Eliza (Hope Davis) turns to her tight-knit Long Island family for advice. Soon the entire clan—strong-willed mom (Anne Meara), taciturn dad (Pat McNamara), and jaded sister (Parker Posey) with pretentious boyfriend (Liev Schreiber) in tow—has squeezed into a station wagon and headed into Manhattan to find out the truth, kicking off a one-crazy-day odyssey full of unexpected detours and life-changing revelations. Performed with deadpan virtuosity by a top-flight ensemble cast, The Daytrippers is a wry and piercing look at family bonds stretched to the breaking point. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
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Anne Meara
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Stephanie Venditto
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Marcia Haufrecht
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Andy Brown
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