Directed by Tamara Jenkins Written by Tamara Jenkins   Cast Laura Linney ... Wendy Savage Philip Seymour Hoffman ... Jon Savage Philip Bosco ... Lenny Savage Peter Friedman ... Larry David Zayas ... Eduardo Gbenga Akinnagbe ... Jimmy Cara Seymour ... Kasia Tonye Patano ... Ms. Robinson Guy Boyd ... Bill Lachman Debra Monk ... Nancy Lachman Rosemary Murphy ... Doris Metzger Harold Blankenship ... Burt Joan Jaffe ... Lizzie Sage Kirkpatrick ... Real Estate Agent (as Laura Palmer) Salem Ludwig ... Mr. Sperry Sandra Daley ... Attendant Peter Frechette ... Matt Jennifer Lim ... Manicurist #1 Kristine Nielsen ... Nurse Christopher Durham ... Doctor Maddie Corman ... Annie Cynthia Darlow ... Nurse #2 Carmen Roman ... Administrator Nancy Lenehan ... Counselor Michael Higgins ... Resident #1 Madeline Lee ... Resident #2 Tijuana Ricks ... Valley View Nurse Margo Martindale ... Roz Erica Fae ... Woman in Parking Lot (as Erica Berg) Michael Blackson ... Howard Sidné Anderson ... Simone Patti Karr ... Woman with Red Pillow John Bolton ... Father in Mall Lot Zoe Kazan ... Student Lee R. Sellars ... Father (as Lee Sellars) Marianne Weems ... Director Tobin Tyler ... Valley View Nurse #2 Debbi Fuhrman ... Physical Therapist Lili Liu ... Manicurist #2 Max Jenkins-Goetz ... Boy Uncredited Cast Bob Huff ... Tandem Bike Rider Elaine Huff ... Tandem Bike Rider Diane Michelle ... Videotape Narrator (voice) Alyssa Waldrip ... Young Girl Coloring Produced by Anthony Bregman   Jim Burke   Anne Carey   Lori Keith Douglas   Ted Hope   Alexander Payne   Jim Taylor   Erica Westheimer   Fred Westheimer   Original Music by Stephen Trask

Additional Info Premiere: January 19, 2007 Theatrical Release: November 28, 2007 DVD Release: April 22, 2008 Country: Distributor: Fox Searchlight Websites: Production Companies Searchlight Pictures (presents) Lone Star Film Group (in association with) This Is That Productions (as This is that) Ad Hominem Enterprises (in association with) Cooper's Town Productions (in association with) Savage Productions Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (2007) (World-wide) (all media) Searchlight Pictures   (2007) (USA) (theatrical) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2008) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.6 / 10 Our Rating 6.1 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.0 / 10 Female Users 5.4 / 10 Site Ranking #2,722 / 20,700 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 1 total rating Almost Perfect 3 total ratings Average 2 total ratings Site Ranking #2,718 Pam & Tommy (2022) #2,719 Birth (2004) #2,720 The Changeling (1980) #2,721 Freaks (2018) #2,722 The Savages (2007) #2,723 Peeping Tom (1960) #2,724 Crimes Of The Future (2022) #2,725 The Outpost (2019) #2,726 The Tragedy Of Macbeth (2021)