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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)

Directed by Bruce Beresford · Comedy, Drama, Romance

Starring Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen, Nat Wolff, Jane Fonda, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chace Crawford, Marissa O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, Joseph Dunn, Ann Osmond, Teri Gibson, Robert Bowen Jr., Wayne Pyle, Alison Ball, Joyce Van Patten, Laurent Rejto, Edward Morgan, Maddie Corman, Denise Burse, Poorna Jagannathan, Terry McKenna, Rosanna Arquette, Kai Beck, Katharine McPhee, Dana Chaifetz, Joe 'Jaz' Scaifari, April Crisafulli, Michael Patrick Burke, Don Stitt, John Franchi

IHBM7.5 IMDb5.9 RT30% MC45 Trakt62% TMDb5.8Very good

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.

My review · Reviewed 06/20/2025

Does this movie have flaws? Hell yes. At the fifteen minute mark, you know exactly how the movie is going to play out. And we are supposed to believe that a grown woman is upset that her mother (who was recently dumped by her father) kisses another man? But alas... I really loved the movie. Jane Fonda is a force of nature. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. The movie had a ton of great themes that centered around peace, love and understanding. To quote Bowling for Soup, all we need is love and beer.

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