Made-Up (2002)
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41% of critics liked it
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33% of users liked it
(101 ratings)
Award-winning actor Tony Shalhoub adds the "director" hyphenate to his calling card with this labor of love, starring his wife, Brooke Adams, and written by his sister-in-law, Lynne Adams. Made-Up lightly parodies the reality-TV "makeover" craze as it tells the tale of Elizabeth… More Award-winning actor Tony Shalhoub adds the "director" hyphenate to his calling card with this labor of love, starring his wife, Brooke Adams, and written by his sister-in-law, Lynne Adams. Made-Up lightly parodies the reality-TV "makeover" craze as it tells the tale of Elizabeth (Brooke Adams), a middle-aged divorcée who agrees to be made over by her daughter Sara (Eva Amurri), a process which will be documented for eternity by her aspiring-filmmaker sister, Kate (Lynne Adams). A former actress still smarting over her long-since faded stardom, Elizabeth is none too pleased at having her transformation videotaped, but she goes along with it, and soon finds that her "new you" is winning over the affections of a new beau, restaurateur Max (Shalhoub). But self-doubt continues to nag at Elizabeth, to the point where she almost undermines her own chances at romance. Lynne Adams based her screenplay on her own one-woman play; Gary Sinise makes an appearance as Elizabeth's ex-husband. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tony Shalhoub
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- May 14, 2004 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
A lot like Tammy Faye Bakker; you just know it has good intentions, but it ends up as a smeary facsimile of what it wants to be.
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
It wants, as Kate says about her documentary, to be a 'seminal work on beauty and aging.' But it wears like a gauzy romantic comedy.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
A comedy with lots going on and with considerable depth and complexity.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
It's hard to resist this family affair.
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Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
The rest of the cast spend so much time trying to avoid tripping over each other and the electric wires strewn all over the carpets that the suspension of disbelief becomes an increasingly strenuous chore.
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Cast
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Brooke Adams
as Elizabeth James Tivey
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Lynne Adams
as Kate James
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Eva Amurri
as Sara Tivey
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Kalen Conover
as Chris
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Light Eternity
as Molly Avrums
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Jim Issa
as Eli
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Lance Krall
as Simon
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Tony Shalhoub
as Max Hires
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Gary Sinise
as Duncan Tivey
- Eva Amurri Martino
