The movie touches on universal truths about love, motherhood, and the fear of being replaced.
The organized, fiercely protective biological mother who values tradition and deep history with her children. julia roberts and susan sarandon
In the late 1990s, Julia Roberts was Hollywood's premier romantic lead, fresh off blockbusters like My Best Friend's Wedding . Susan Sarandon was an established, Oscar-winning dramatic powerhouse. Both actresses had expressed a desire to collaborate on a meaningful project that centered two complex female protagonists—a rarity in Hollywood at the time. The movie touches on universal truths about love,
(Interrupting, stepping closer) You’re taking the house, the car, the dog, and the man. Do you really need the umbrella stand, too? Do you really need the umbrella stand, too
I know. I know, and I appreciate—
(Blinks, surprised) What?
Directed by Chris Columbus, the film stars Sarandon as Jackie, a divorced mother of two, and Roberts as Isabel, the young fashion photographer and new girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband, Luke (Ed Harris).