The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.
Acting
Jeff Bridges' Ted is a masterpiece of charming self-destruction.
Cinematography
The Hamptons never looked so suffocatingly gorgeous.
Writing
Adapts Irving with surgical precision—every line cuts two ways.
Director
Tod Williams
Jeff Bridges
Ted Cole
Kim Basinger
Marion Cole
Jon Foster
Eddie O'Hare
Mimi Rogers
Evelyn Vaughn
Elle Fanning
Ruth Cole
Bijou Phillips
Alice
Larry Pine
Intervistatore
John Rothman
Minty O'Hare
Libby Langdon
donna alla Reception
Louis Arcella
Eduardo Gomez
Robert LuPone
Mendelssohn
Donna Murphy
Frame Shop Owner
Claire Beckman
Mrs. Mountsier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This adapts only the first third of John Irving's 'A Widow for One Year'—the rest became a separate, unmade film.
Elle Fanning at 6 steals scenes from Oscar winners by simply being present—her Ruth witnesses everything adults try to hide.
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