Zoe Kazan as Gabby Adler, Jane and Jake's younger daughter.Hunter Parrish as Luke David Adler, Jane and Jake's son.Lake Bell as Agness Adler, Jake's wife.Alec Baldwin as Jacob "Jake" Adler, Jane's ex-husband.Steve Martin as Adam Schaffer, Jane's architect.Meryl Streep as Jane Adler, a successful bakery owner.
Before the credits roll, Jane and Adam are seen laughing about the chocolate croissants while walking into her house. The film ends with Adam at Jane's house ready to commence the remodeling. Jane and Jake talk and end their affair on amicable terms. Jane tells them she is not getting back with Jake. Jane's kids also find out, and they are not happy about Mom and Dad getting together again because they are still recovering from the divorce. Adam tells Jane he cannot continue seeing her because it will only lead to heartbreak. Eventually, by a webcam in Jane's bedroom, Adam sees Jake naked and realizes that the two have been having an affair. Jake and Agness separate, although it is not clear who leaves whom. Jane takes him to her bakery and they make chocolate croissants together, ending the evening with a romantic kiss. When they leave the party, Adam asks Jane if they could have something to eat. Once inside, they are laughing and happily high, Jake becomes jealous observing them, and after pressing Jane, smokes some with her also.Īgness then observes Jake and Jane dancing together and senses they are having an affair. Before going into the party, Adam smokes some of the joint with Jane. She is stoned when he picks her up because she has taken a hit from a marijuana joint that Jake had given her earlier. On the night of Luke's graduation party in Santa Barbara, Jane invites Adam to the party. Still healing from a divorce of his own, he begins to fall in love with Jane. Jake and Jane's children know nothing of the affair, but Harley ( John Krasinski), who is engaged to their daughter Lauren, spots the pair and the doctor in the hotel but keeps silent.Īdam ( Steve Martin) is an architect hired to remodel Jane's home. The doctor speculates that the reason for Jake's distress may be the medication and says he should stop taking it. Jake collapses in the hotel room and a doctor is called. After one of his sessions, he has a lunchtime rendezvous with Jane at a hotel. While Agness has Jake scheduled for regular sessions at a fertility clinic, Jake is secretly taking medication to decrease his frequent urination, the side effects of which are decreased sperm count and dizziness. Jane is torn about the affair Jake is not. After a dinner together, the two begin an affair, which continues in Santa Barbara. Jane and Jake attend their son Luke's graduation from college in New York City. Jake, married the much younger Agness ( Lake Bell), the woman he cheated on Jane with. They had three children together, two girls and a boy, who are grown. Jane ( Meryl Streep), who owns a successful bakery in Santa Barbara, California, and Jake Adler ( Alec Baldwin), a successful attorney, divorced ten years earlier. Streep and Baldwin each were individually recognized with Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor nominations at the Golden Globe and BAFTA award ceremonies, respectively. In addition, the film was nominated at both the Critics' Choice Awards and the Satellite Awards and garnered Meyers two Golden Globe nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Screenplay. įor their performances, the cast was awarded a National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Best Ensemble Cast the same year. Worldwide, It's Complicated eventually grossed $219.1 million, and surpassed The Holiday (2006) to become Meyer's third-highest-grossing project to date. It played well through the holidays and into January 2010, ultimately closing on April 1 with $112.7 million. It became another commercial hit for Meyers, however, upon its Christmas Day 2009 opening release in the United States and Canada. The film was met with average reviews from critics, who praised the acting of its ensemble cast but declared its story rather predictable. The film also features supporting performances by Lake Bell, Hunter Parrish, Zoe Kazan, John Krasinski, Mary Kay Place, Robert Curtis Brown, and Rita Wilson, among others. It stars Meryl Streep as a bakery owner and single mother of three who starts a secret affair with her ex-husband, played by Alec Baldwin, ten years after their divorce – only to find herself drawn to another man: her architect, Adam (portrayed by Steve Martin). It's Complicated is a 2009 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Nancy Meyers.
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