Emily Mortimer in Lovely & Amazing (2001)
Nicole Holofcener ("Walking and Talking") directs this smart comedy-drama about the problems faced by the modern woman. Brenda Blethyn is a middle-aged mom who is raising an adopted 8-year-old African-American girl while her grown daughters--unhappily married would-be artist Catherine Keener and struggling actress Emily Mortimer--grapple with issues of love, sex and career. With Dermot Mulroney, Jake Gyllenhaal, James LeGros. 91 min.