PURPLE VIOLETS / WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE / EVERSMILE NEW JERSEY

PURPLE VIOLETS (2007):
106 minutes
Set in lower Manhattan, PURPLE VIOLETS is a sparkling romantic comedy about four friends from college ready for change. Patti Peterson (Selma Blair) is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her dream. She longs to return to her writing, especially after running into her first love Brian Cahill (Patrick Wilson), a successful crime novelist. Kate (Debra Messing) is Patti's best friend since college. She's a tough-talking schoolteacher who plays therapist to all Patti's problems, while she's got a few of her own. Despite Brian Cahill's gorgeous Tribeca loft and perfect house in the Hamptons, he longs to write works of greater literary value. Murphy (Ed Burns), his lawyer and best friend from college still carries a flame for his former girlfriend Kate, even though their relationship ended badly years ago, and she still holds a major grudge. When Patti sells Murphy a new apartment, and Brian publishes his personal novel, these old friends reconnect in unexpected ways with surprising results. PURPLE VIOLETS is a funny, yet touching story of four friends finding what they need to change their lives.

WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE (1993):
118 minutes
Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is a young man trapped in an eccentric family in a small town, with a developmentally disabled teenaged brother, Arnie (played brilliantly by Leonardo DiCaprio), an incredibly overweight mother, and a house falling down around their ears. Brilliantly directed by Lasse Hallström (My Life as a Dog), this funny, moody tale comes to a heartwarming conclusion as the nice new girl in town (Juliette Lewis) comes to rescue Gilbert, now at wits end with Arnie’s stubborn antics. But through it all, the centre of Gilbert's life remains his selfless, fatherly bond with his brother.

EVERSMILE NEW JERSEY (1989):
91 minutes
Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Fergus O’Connell, a good-hearted dentist who travels by motorbike through Patagonia and rural Argentina to give free dental services – paid for with sponsorship from the “Eversmile” foundation. While his motorbike is being repaired, O’Connell falls in love with Estela (Mirjana Jokovic), the garage-owner’s daughter. Though he is married, and she engaged, their romance flourishes on the road, but is tested when O’Connell has to reconcile love with his commitment to help the rural poor.

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