Grade: B+

Please Give is an independent film directed by Nicole Holofcener.  It stars Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt as a New York couple who run a used furniture business.  They have purchased the apartment of the elderly woman next door, and start to become friendly with the woman’s two granddaughters, played by Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet.  There are several small stories running simultaneously that intersect. Kate, the wife, has a crisis of consciousness and attempts to create more meaning in her life. Alex, the husband, has a kind of mid-life crisis.  The daughter starts to find herself and grow up a bit.  The sisters reconcile their two very opposite life.  Interesting, definitely conversation provoking.