The film follows three sisters (Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow) as they bond over their ambivalence toward the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father, to whom none of them was particularly close.
23 July 1951, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
26 April 1947, Pontiac, Michigan, USA
30 July 1963, Encino, California, USA
6 March 1942, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
1 October 1920, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
26 September 1962, Bristol, Pennsylvania, USA
9 June 1993, Newport Beach, California, USA
19 November 1961, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
27 May 1994, Orange County, California, USA
14 December 1951, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
19 August 1956, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
11 April 1961, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
10 December 1962, New York City, New York, USA
5 February 1975, Detroit, Michigan, USA
29 October 1972, Los Angeles, California, USA
December 24, 2010
A real shame that this isn't a good movie.January 01, 2000
At one point [Ryan] actually embraces a coffee vending machine as if it were a buoy in the rocky ocean of life. Is this a performance or a cry for a new script?January 01, 2000
A screenplay that reduces deep emotions into low-cal, risk-free hissy fits that can be settled with a misty-eyed hug.August 07, 2006
Three of Hollywood's most beautiful and talented actresses, Ryan, Keaton, and Kudrow, are totally wasted in this shamelessly sappy meller that bears the schmaltzy sensibility of Nora Ephorn, its inept producer and co-scripter even though Keaton is helmerJanuary 01, 2000
Part dial tone and part solid comedy.June 10, 2002
considering the movie's plot involves lots of crying over wrecked birthday parties and stolen stuffing recipes, most guys -- and more than a few women as well -- probably wouldn't want to know what they're missing.March 13, 2002
Speaks to the deep yearning we all have to break free from the assigned roles in our birth families.June 18, 2003
The story bungles ahead pointlessly, mixing melodrama and self-help book affirmations.December 27, 2009
A sappy, overly familiar enterprise.January 01, 2001
One of the very worst movies I've ever seen.January 01, 2000
Hanging Up has all the ingredients of a success -- a stellar cast, a promising premise, a strong production team -- but nothing comes together in satisfying fashion.January 01, 2000
Shrill and unsettling.