• Tagline: It’s her last best chance… is she going to take it?
• Director: Miguel Arteta
• Writer: Mike White
• Release Date: 12 January 2002 (USA)
• MPAA Rating: Rated R for sexuality, some language and drug content.
• Parents Guide: View content advisory for parents
• Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance
• Runtime: 93 min
• Box Office #’s: Here
The plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he’s Holden Caulfield.
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Also Starring
• Jennifer Aniston … Justine Last
• Deborah Rush … Gwen Jackson
• Mike White … Corny
• John Carroll Lynch … Jack Field, Your Store Manager
• Zooey Deschanel … Cheryl
• John C. Reilly … Phil Last
• Tim Blake Nelson … Bubba
• Jacquie Barnbrook … Heavy Set Woman
• Annie O’Donnell … Haggard Woman
• John Doe … Mr. Worther
• Roxanne Hart … Mrs. Worther
• Jon Shere … Lester (as Jonathan Shere)
• Alice Amter … Big Haired Woman
• Jean Rhodes … Old Woman
Trivia
- The cartoon Phil and Bubba were watching on the television when Justine comes home is “Happy Tree Friends” (2006).
- The Texas flag in Bubba’s apartment is upside down.
- To make Jennifer Aniston look more worn down, Miguel Arteta made her wear wrist weights for several weeks prior to filming, she also wore them during some of the scenes.
- According to Jennifer Aniston, from the first draft of the script to the shooting almost no changes were made.
- Holden is named after a J.D. Salinger character. Zooey Deschanel, who plays Cheryl in this film, was herself named after a J.D.Salinger character.
- The film was shot in 33 days, often with six scenes being shot a day.
