An Unremarkable Life

1989
PG
1h 32m

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Shelley Winters and Patricia Neal in An Unremarkable Life (1989)

Two sisters have put aside their differences to set up a comfortable life together, but when one falls in love with an East Asian mechanic, her stuffy, intolerant sister falls into a rage th... Read allTwo sisters have put aside their differences to set up a comfortable life together, but when one falls in love with an East Asian mechanic, her stuffy, intolerant sister falls into a rage that threatens to destroy their relationship.Two sisters have put aside their differences to set up a comfortable life together, but when one falls in love with an East Asian mechanic, her stuffy, intolerant sister falls into a rage that threatens to destroy their relationship.

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6.9/10

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Trivia
Filmed primarily in Mercer and Sharon, Pennsylvania. The diner and adjacent gas station were refurbished for the movie. The diner was sold a few years later to a buyer in Germany, dismantled and shipped over. The gas station has since been torn down.

Goofs
Frances and Max sit down to play a game of Monopoly in real screen time. However, Max proceeds from the GO space to Park Place in just three rolls of the dice (an impossibility), while Frances somehow gets out of the JAIL space without rolling doubles (another impossibility).

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Featured in The Slanted Screen (2006)

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8/10

A most pleasant experience

Patricia Neal lives with her sister Shelley Winters. She ends up meeting a very charming and adoring man who happens to be Asian (if that matters). They become close friends. Watching their friendship blossom into romance is like spending time with two charming new friends.

The fly in the ointment is Shelley Winters. She is used to having her sister all to herself. She is also from a generation when we were at war with the east and can't let those old memories go. She is also threatened by her sister's new friendship and worries if they marry, there will be no place for her.

This is the type of film that makes you slow down, enjoy the people in your life, and try to be kinder.