This is a movie that should have been much better but is okay nonetheless. It's about a man named Carter who has just broken up with his famous girlfriend. He finds out from his mother that, his grandmother needs help at home so he volunteers to stay with her hoping this will help him in finding the inspiration to write a screenplay about his high school. We find out he's not thrilled with his present job, which is to write soft core porn. While helping his grandmother he becomes friends with the family across the street. He develops a friendship with the mother ( Meg Ryan) and soon the daughter ( Kirsten Stewart) and somehow finds himself a big part of their lives. The characters in this film are not fully developed which is a shame such as why the daughter hates her mother so much and why the mom feels lonely all the time. A lot of characters come in and out of this film very quickly such as the younger daughter who seems to really like Carter but is not heard from after hanging out with him. Also the fact that Carter was kissing a high school girl was very inappropriate. We later find out he's 26 and she is probably 16-17 years old. The fact that the mom is still willing to talk to Carter after that is very stupid. The story with the mom having cancer was not necessary and brought nothing to the story. Exploring the marriage should have been the main focus as the husband seems to have gone missing 30 minutes into the story.
Review of In the Land of Women
