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63% Critic Match
Inventing the Abbotts
“When you want it all but can't have it, there's only one way to handle life... invent it.”
6.3 / 10• 1997• 1h 50m•R• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break the hearts of rich young women. But sensitive Doug has a real romance with Pamela, which Jacey and the Abbott patriarch, Lloyd, both frown upon.
Cast & Crew
Joaquin Phoenix
Doug Holt
Lead
Liv Tyler
Pamela Abbott
Jennifer Connelly
Eleanor Abbott
Billy Crudup
Jacey Holt
Joanna Going
Alice Abbott
Kathy Baker
Helen Holt
Will Patton
Lloyd Abbott
Michael Sutton
Steve
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Pat O'Connor's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Inventing the Abbotts is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
