Living Out Loud | |
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Directed by | Richard LaGravenese |
Produced by |
Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher |
Written by | Richard LaGravenese |
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Music by | George Fenton |
Cinematography | John Bailey |
Edited by |
Jon Gregory Lynzee Klingman |
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Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Canada – September 15, 1998 (Toronto Film Festival) USA – October 14, 1998 (Hamptons Film Festival) October 30, 1998 |
Running time
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100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $20 million |
Box office | $15,610,299 |
Living Out Loud is a 1998 comedy-drama film written and directed by Richard LaGravenese and set in New York City, starring Holly Hunter, Danny DeVito, Queen Latifah, Martin Donovan, and Elias Koteas.
Judith Moore had what she thought was a perfect marriage, with both she and her husband studying to be doctors. But after she puts her studies on hold to find a job and support them, many years pass until suddenly he leaves Judith to be with another doctor. Depressed, she holes up in her apartment, where the middle-aged Pat Francato serves as a building superintendent and elevator operator. He is as lonely as she is, beset with gambling problems, and Judith and Pat make a connection. Yet what he wishes to pursue as a romantic relationship, Judith sees only as a friendship. Her friend Liz Bailey, who sings at a nightclub, makes attempts to improve Judith's love life as well as her own.
Living Out Loud received mixed reviews from critics, as the film holds a 59% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 34 reviews.