Used People

Romantic drama of second chances, about good Jewish wife Pearl Berman, who starts to fall for handsome Joe on the day of her husband’s funeral. Marcia Gay Harden steals the film as the movie-obsessed daughter who dresses up as Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn., A persistent romantic (Marcello Mastroianni) pursues a no-nonsense widow (Shirley MacLaine), and gets involved with her dysfunctional family. Bibby: Kathy Bates. Freida: Jessica Tandy. Norma: Marcia Gay Harden. Becky: Sylvia Sidney. Frank: Joe Pantoliano. Swee’Pea: Matthew Branton. Directed by Beeban Kidron., After the death of her husband, Pearl Berman (Shirley MacLaine) finds herself being courted by an admiring Italian neighbor, Joe Meledandri (Marcello Mastroianni). Despite the objections of Pearl’s mother (Jessica Tandy), and her two grown daughters, Norma (Marcia Gay Harden) and Bibby (Kathy Bates), Joe continues to pursue the reluctant Pearl and play an important role in the day-to-day life of her family., When Pearl Berman is romanced at her husband’s funeral by a man who has admired her for 23 years, her reaction surprises her as much it does her family.