Louis-Dreyfus and the supporting players are all excellent, yet it's Gandolfini who makes the biggest impression - and it goes beyond the poignant fact that this marks his penultimate screen appearance (he has one more work in the can, a crime flick written by Dennis Lehane and co-starring Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace). The plot ultimately is just a hanger on which to place Holofcener's typically engaging dialogue, a roomful of gracefully constructed characters, and a superlative turn by the late Gandolfini. For Eva, it leads to a compromised relationship, as she tries to weigh Marianne's laundry list of gripes against the decent guy she sees before her. well, you can probably guess where this leads. It turns out he was an overweight slob set in his ways, and. ![]() While dating Albert, she also spends time with Marianne, who mainly complains about her ex-husband. Eva and Albert embark on the pivotal first date, and soon they're a couple, with Eva accepting the fact that this lovable bear of a man is (by his own definition) an overweight slob who's set in his ways. Eva also meets Marianne (Keener), a poet who could use a good massage but who could use a good friend even more. There, she meets Albert (James Gandolfini), and while sparks aren't immediately stricken, the two do seem comfortable with each other. A masseuse by trade, Eva is dragged to a party by her best friend Sarah (Toni Collette). ![]() And yes, Keener's in this one as well, although she's not the lead: That would be Julia Louis-Dreyfus, playing the part of Eva. Writer-director Nicole Holofcener has made only five features in her career, and I've been swept off my feet by all of them: 1996's Walking and Talking (Catherine Keener, Anne Heche), 2001's Lovely & Amazing (Keener, Brenda Blethyn), 2006's Friends with Money (Keener, Jennifer Aniston), 2010's Please Give (Keener, Rebecca Hall) and Enough Said, which trumps the lot. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini in Enough Said (Photo: Fox)ĮNOUGH SAID (2013).
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