"Stuck in Love is an indie romcom from 2012, the directorial debut of writer-director Josh Boone, who would later go on to make The Fault in Our Stars. It boasts a stacked cast featuring Greg Kinnear, Lily Collins, Nat Wolff, Jennifer Connelly and Logan Lerman (and smaller roles for Kristen Bell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Glen Powell, as well as a cameo from author Stephen King)."
"The movie follows Bill Borgens (Kinnear), an unhappily divorced novelist who fosters his two teenage children's literary ambitions by encouraging them to write though he hasn't written in years since becoming a divorcee while he obsesses over his ex-wife, Erica (Connelly), who has since remarried. It opens on Thanksgiving with Bill and his antisocial, high school-aged son, Rusty (Wolff), mashing potatoes, opening a can of yams, and prepping a turkey in their beachside home."
"At dinner we also meet Sam (Collins), Bill's daughter, a literary nepo baby trying to define herself outside her father's shadow, home from college. Sam is clearly disillusioned by her parents' divorce and has a cynical outlook on love. If love is setting a place at the table for someone who's never coming home, I think I'll pass, she tells her younger brother, Rusty, of their lovesick father. That's fucking depressing, Sam, replies Rusty, the more hopeless romantic of the siblings."
Stuck in Love is a 2012 indie romantic comedy that centers on a Thanksgiving family and explores love, loss, and creative ambition. The ensemble cast includes Greg Kinnear as divorced novelist Bill Borgens, Lily Collins as daughter Sam, Nat Wolff as son Rusty, and Jennifer Connelly as ex-wife Erica, with smaller appearances from Kristen Bell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Glen Powell, and Stephen King. The plot follows Bill's stagnated writing career, his encouragement of his children's literary pursuits, and his obsession with his remarried ex. The film opens on Thanksgiving morning, features the song 'Home' by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and blends early-2010s indie sensibility with romcom tropes and wistful soundtracks.
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