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Pamela Abbott ~ Inventing the Abbotts Appreciation
  Cast Liv Tyler .... Pamela Abbott Joaquin Phoenix .... Doug Holt Billy Crudup .... John Charles 'Jacey' Holt Jennifer Connelly .... Eleanor Abbott Joanna Going .... Alice Abbott Barbara Williams .... Joan Abbott Will Patton .... Lloyd Abbott Kathy Baker .... Helen Holt Summary from Amazon.com A showcase for bright young stars, Inventing the Abbotts aspires to be the kind of 1950s melodrama--like Splendor in the Grass--that was perfected by directors like Elia Kazan and Douglas Sirk. Calling on the strength of his earlier Circle of Friends, Irish director Pat O'Connor brings many of that film's admirable qualities to this similar ensemble piece (set in late-'50s Illinois), but it's held together by looser and weaker threads. And yet this tale of class division and forbidden love is sensitively written and beautifully filmed, highlighted by two young lovers at the center of an interfamilial conflict. "Alice is the good daughter, Eleanor's the bad one, and I'm the one that just sorta gets off the hook." That's how rich girl Pam Abbott (Liv Tyler) describes herself and her older siblings (Joanna Going and Jennifer Connelly, respectively), whose father made his fortune in manufacturing. Working-class neighbor Jacey Holt (Billy Crudup) has "invented" Mr. Abbott as a villain whose wealth came at the Holts' expense and destroyed the reputation of Jacey's widowed mom (Kathy Baker in a fine but underwritten role). Jacey retaliates by callously bedding each Abbott sister in sequence, but his destructive behavior is countered by younger brother Doug (Joaquin Phoenix), whose love for Pam is sweetly genuine. Memorable scenes abound, and the film's period design is impeccable, but sluggish pacing and filigrees of plot make Inventing the Abbotts a faint echo of its '50s predecessors. The fine cast makes it worthwhile, however, and Michael Keaton's (uncredited) narration adds another layer of retrospective charm. -- Jeff Shannon Memorable Quotes Pamela Abbott: Look, I'm not rich. My father is. And I don't pick my father. And if I had a choice between having tons of money or having another father, I'd be absolutely deligthed to be poor. But unfortunately, life is just not a cafeteria. Doug Holt: Either you're mad at me because you're mad at me or you're mad at me because you like me, because that's how girls act. I mean ... I don't know much but I know that. So, uh, which is it? Pamela Abbott: Both. Pamela Abbott: Don't look at me as though someone just ran over your dog! Pictures Click Here Liv played the sweet youngest Abbott daughter, Pam. The young Doug Holt was madly in love with Pam, both went threw their ups and downs, they have a sweet yet very complicated romantic path ahead of them. If you haven't seen this movie, you should go get it now it is a MUST HAVE for any Liv fan! __________________
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I loved this movie. I'm so glad you decided to start a thread for it.
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I love this movie ! It's such a sweet one!
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Doug and Pamela are so sweet together.
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When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it.
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I watched this movie again the other day and liked it alot. I had forgotten what it was about. Liv makes you fall in love with her character, as usual. She's great.
Spoilers below: so if you haven't seen it..umm close your eyes I guess. I couldn't believe Pam, Liv's character slept with JC, Doug's brother. I wasn't expecting that at all.  She was drunk, but I just couldn't believe it when that happend in the movie. Maybe she was just wishing it was Doug, I don't know. But Doug forgave her instantly and I believe the viewing audience does also. I don't know if other actresses could have pulled that off, but Liv did. JC was such a butt..he just wanted to be with all the Abbott girls. And he didn't care about who he hurt in the process.__________________
Carrie: Meanwhile, I was finally confident I could heat up my sex life, because I was a sex columnist, I was resourceful, and I was drunkitty drunk drunk. SATC  |
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Carrie: Meanwhile, I was finally confident I could heat up my sex life, because I was a sex columnist, I was resourceful, and I was drunkitty drunk drunk. SATC |
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I haven't seen this film
I made a banner, but since I don't know what the scenes are or anything, if it's bad, I'm sorry __________________
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hehe, i think i'm just following you around on this board. i love your banners!! that's really nice too!!
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Liv looks so pretty in this film!
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thanks for posting them! 
