In the process of overly emotional Beth Winter adopting a dog she finds abandoned at the side of the highway – the dog which her back surgeon husband Dr. Joseph Winter does not want – their unmarried daughter Grace Winter finds the man who will end up being her husband, veterinarian Dr. Sam Boola.
Following Grace and Sam’s wedding at her parent’s rustic Rockie Mountain cabin after all the other guests have departed, Beth, Joseph, the dog, who Beth has named Freeway, Joseph’s divorced sister Penny Alexander, her son, Joseph’s surgeon colleague Dr. Bryan Alexander, and Penny’s new boyfriend Russell (who Joseph, Beth and Bryan do not like as being unfocused and thus potentially a freeloader), decide to stay for a few extra days as a respite.
While Joseph takes Freeway out for a walk in the woods, Joseph, largely out of his own carelessness due to his self-absorbed nature, loses the dog. The five of them plus their part Romani caretaker Carmen, who has a spiritual gift, mount a search for Freeway. Freeway becomes a symbol of the problems in Joseph and Beth’s relationship. But in their concentrated time together, the five of them, with some help by Carmen, come to new understandings of their relationships.
Darling Companion is a 2012 drama film directed by Lawrence Kasdan, written by Kasdan and his wife Meg, and starring Mark Duplass, Richard Jenkins, Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Shepard, Dianne Wiest, Ayelet Zurer, Lindsay Sloane, Yolanda Wood, Paul Kiernan and Jericho Watson. Filming took place in Utah in 2010 and was released on April 20, 2012.
Darling Companion (2012)
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: Mark Duplass, Richard Jenkins, Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Elisabeth Moss, Sam Shepard, Dianne Wiest, Ayelet Zurer, Lindsay Sloane, Yolanda Wood, Paul Kiernan, Jericho Watson
Screenplay by: Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan
Production Design by: Dina Goldman
Cinematography by: Michael McDonough
Film Editing by: Carol Littleton
Costume Design by: Molly Maginnis
Set Decoration by: Les Boothe
Art Direction by: Christopher R. DeMuri
Music by: James Newton Howard
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content including references, and language.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: April 20, 2012
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