You Hurt My Feelings movie storyline. New York novelist Beth has been working for years on the follow-up to her somewhat successful memoir, sharing countless drafts with her approving, supportive husband Don. Beth’s world quickly unravels when she overhears Don admit to her brother-in-law, Mark, that actually, he doesn’t like the new book. She vents to her sister Sara that decades of a loving, committed marriage pale in comparison to this immense betrayal. Meanwhile, therapist Don faces his own professional problems as he finds himself unable to care about or even recall his unhappy patients’ issues anymore… and they’ve begun to notice.
Writer-director Nicole Holofcener returns to Sundance for the fourth time with a cleverly observed, witty film that delicately skewers its sharply drawn, imperfect characters’ insecurities, privilege, and narcissism. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies lead a uniformly superb, funny cast, as they pull everyone around them into the fallout of navigating whether loving someone also requires loving their work. Michaela Watkins stands out as the frank, unflappable Sara, who handles her own marriage to sensitive actor, Mark (played with charm by Arian Moayed), much more deftly.
You Hurt My Feelings is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by Nicole Holofcener. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, Owen Teague, Jeannie Berlin, Amber Tamblyn, Zach Cherry, Sarah Steele, Sunita Mani and Deniz Akdeniz.
The film was shot in New York City in May 2022. A24 Films picked up the U.S. distribution rights at the 2021 American Film Market. The film premiered on January 22, 2023, at the Sundance Film Festival. It was released theatrically on May 26, 2023.
In the United States and Canada, You Hurt My Feelings was released alongside The Little Mermaid, Kandahar, The Machine, and About My Father, and was projected to gross around $1 million from 912 theaters over its four-day Memorial Day opening weekend] The film grossed $474,000 on its first day, and debuted to $1.4 million over the 3-day weekend (and $1.8 million over the four-day frame).
You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
Directed by: Nicole Holofcener
Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, Owen Teague, Jeannie Berlin, Amber Tamblyn, Zach Cherry, Sarah Steele, Sunita Mani, Deniz Akdeniz
Screenplay by: Nicole Holofcener
Production Design by: Sally Levi
Cinematography by: Jeffrey Waldron
Film Editing by: Alisa Lepselter
Costume Design by: Chloe Karmin
Set Decoration by: Amber Thrane
Art Direction by: Mantra Marie Bedross, Amy Dittmeier
Music by: Michael Andrews
MPAA Rating: R for language.
Distributed by: A24 Films
Release Date: January 22, 2023 (Sundance), May 26, 2023 (United States)
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