‘The Meddler’ Due Sept. 6
With a new iPhone, an apartment near The Grove and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini (Susan Sarandon) has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, a successful (but still single) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. But when the dozens of texts, unexpected visits and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie finds ways to channel her eternal optimism and forceful generosity to change the lives of others. While making new friends, she finds a new purpose in life and launches into an unexpected romance with a motorcycle-riding ex-cop named Zipper (J.K. Simmons). Vitals: Director: Lorene Scafaria. Stars: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons, Cecily Strong, Jerrod Carmichael, Jason Ritter, Billy Magnussen, Harry Hamlin, Laura San Giacomo, Michael McKean. 2016, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 100 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $4.259 million, Sony. Extras: Commentary with Susan Sarandon and director Lorene Scafaria, two featurettes: “The ‘Real’ Marnie” and “The Making of The Meddler”; gag reel.
