Word: ephron
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Imagine a story about a single mother with dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian. Then imagine that the woman's dream miraculously comes true. That is essentially what happens in This is My Life, a new comedy from Nora Ephron...
THIS IS MY LIFE Directed by Nora Ephron...
Screenplay by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron...
...strength of this charming and quietly confident movie -- Nora Ephron's first as a director -- is that it never turns into a single act. Even the minor characters are sharply written. Dottie's kids are fully her equals in its structure, always giving as good as they get. Erica's the silent, watchful one. Little Opal's the pert mistress of the wise-child zinger. In fact, the film's two best passages belong to them. When Erica takes as her first lover the squarest boy in school (that'll show Mom), their struggle with the logistics of lovemaking...
PROFILE Instead of getting mad, Nora Ephron gets even -- with...