• StatusReleased
  • Release Date2004-12-22
  • Runtime100 minutes
  • TaglineLife can be a comedy or a tragedy, it all depends on how you look at it.
  • Revenue20,085,825$
  • GenreComedy, Drama, Romance
  • Production
    CompaniesFox Searchlight Pictures, Gravier Productions
  • Budget16,000,000$

Movie Overview

While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.

Casts

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Will Ferrell

Jonny Lee Miller

Radha Mitchell

Amanda Peet

Chloë Sevigny

Wallace Shawn

David Aaron Baker

Arija Bareikis

Josh Brolin

Steve Carell

Stephanie Roth Haberle

Shalom Harlow

Geoffrey Nauffts

Zak Orth

Larry Pine

Vinessa Shaw

Brooke Smith

Daniel Sunjata

Matt Servitto

Andy Borowitz

Neil Pepe

Michael J. Farina

Christina Kirk

Alyssa Pridham

Katie Kreisler

Quincy Rose

Rick Holmes