Lovely and Amazing
(Limited release June 28 - US, Aug 2 - UK)

"Jake was sexy but awkward - the perfect combination for the role of Jordan. He had to be young and gawky enough so that we feel the affair is weird and uncomfortable, yet he had to be just manly enough so it would be believable."
(Nicole Holofcener, Writer/Director)

Synopsis
Academy-Award nominated actresses Catherine Keener (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH) and Brenda Blethyn (SECRETS AND LIES) star in Nicole Holofcener's follow-up feature to her critically acclaimed debut WALKING AND TALKING. A finely observed comedy, LOVELY & AMAZING is an intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses. Jane Marks (Blethyn) is the matriarch of a confused trio of daughters that seems to have nothing in common, except for a peculiar sort of idealism -- a heady brew of vanity, insecurity and humor. Former homecoming queen Michelle (Keener), the eldest daughter, is in a loveless marriage with a spouse who does not appreciate her decidedly obscure artistic endeavors. Younger sister Elizabeth (Emily Mortimer), an insecure actress whose career is beginning to take off, compulsively takes home stray dogs, saving them whether or not they need to be saved.

Only the youngest sister, Annie, an adopted African American eight-year old, seems to stand a chance at rising above the family's legacy. But on the threshold of what promises to be a confusing adolescence, Annie has developed a preoccupation with her appearance -- natural enough for a pre-teen-- but given her adoptive family's history, quite possibly a hint of what's to come.

Each of the women seeks redemption in her own haphazard way, but whatever salvation they find is illusory and shortlived.

In this incredible ensemble cast, Jake plays 'Jordan', a young man who develops a crush on Michelle (Keener).

"Full of sharp dialogue that is cleverly perceptive about the subtleties of ever-evolving relationships."
(Box Office)

"It’s a dysfunctional-family farce, but unlike any that’s ever been filmed."
(Film Journal)

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