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The main character is a guy named Carter, a writer of soft porn who lives in California. He is a good listener, so people reveal things about themselves to him. Because he knows that "life is messy", he is not judgmental. He goes to Michigan to live with his grandmother for a while.

His grandmother is a quirky/confused woman who may be senile and who has an obsession with the possibility of her own impending death.

Across the street lives a family named the Hardwickes. Carter is drawn into the drama of their lives. The mother, Sarah, is not happy in her marriage. Her relationship with her teenage daughter suffers from the usual poor communication/generational issues.

The teenage daughter, Lucy, besides dealing with her family issues, is not very self-defined, like many teenagers. She sees a guy who may be her boyfriend.

The younger daughter, Paige, is the precocious tween who hides her immaturity with her verbosity and intelligence.

Carter negotiates the minefield of the Hardwickes' individual issues and their feelings for each other. In the process, he learns about himself. The story contains some tears, but the overall tone of the film is light.

In the Land of Women reminds us of some basic truths: You are lucky to live, so live your life (and no one else's). You are lucky to love another. Art awakens you to real living.

Jonathan Kasdan--the writer and director--is the son of Lawrence Kasdan. This film is not a copy of his father's style, but it did remind me of the superior Lawrence Kasdan film, Grand Canyon. I think father would be proud.

I love the way movie flows I'm quite surprised by the fact that i enjoyed it a lot. It talks about women emotions in lot of different ways. Every relationship have a beautiful message behind it. It was a beautiful Drama movie. My Favorite Relationship In this movie was the mother daughter relationship. It had a quiet joyful ending. The little girls performance was extraordinary, It was even better than Kristen Stewart's performance. The Emotions Being All Over the place is portrayed very well in it. The grandma was pretty sweet. She didn't had much to do with the story but it was interesting having her.

"It's a big world out there; it's messy, chaotic and it's never what you'd expect", Carter (Adam Brody) tells Lucy (Kristen Stewart) in a crucial moment of "In the land of women". Writer/director Jon Kasdan's first film is a fresh take on what I like to call 'turning points', and it can be described with the phrase quoted above, except for the chaotic part.

It would be fair to reassure the unexpected part, because the film was definitely (and is, if you care watching the trailer) incorrectly publicized, making the viewer believe something that's clearly not there. There's a big chance that teenager fans of Adam Brody (Seth Cohen, from the series "The O.C.") end up disappointed by the movie, which contains a little girl that's precocious in her way of seeing life, a girl who doesn't know what she wants and a mother who's dealing with a big issue.

When Carter comes into the life of these women, he's also going through a difficult personal moment; he's just broken up with his girlfriend and has to get over her. A writer of soft porn movie screenplays (how's that for original?), Carter decides to visit his grandmother (a hilarious Olympia Dukakis) and, while he takes care of her, probably figure out what to do with his life and maybe write what he always wanted to and never could. And there he meets Lucy and her mother Sarah (Meg Ryan in top form), and every 'turning point' gets mixed up.

What goes on between Carter and the 'women' of the title may adjust to the "messy" part of the beginning: a sort of triangle will start taking shape, but gladly this is not your everyday triangle of love and discussions. It's a triangle of mutual enrichment, where every character learns at least something from the other.

Probably if you fully analyze the situations they're going through, only one of them is logically preoccupying, but the fact is that none of these characters in a position where giving up is an option. Kasdan tries, with a human and perceptive script, to present solutions and hope to these situations. With a peaceful camera, he puts quiet conversations above everything else and that's the key of his recommendable movie's success. That doesn't mean that the rest doesn't help though.

There's something about "In the land of women" that's questionable but also gratifying and is that these 'turning points', while not so defining and irremediable, are presented as the ultimate moments of life; as the most important decisions these characters need to take. The moving score by Stephen Trask; Adam Brody's charismatic portrayal, still attached to the 'Cohen Factor'; and the perfect performance by Kristen Stewart, with all the expressions and insecurities of an adolescent, make some scenes and conversations more crucial than they may actually be.

You pay attention to those conversations, and to a couple of movie references, and to those moments when we're expecting a character to say something. Here, Kasdan evades all the common places and the clichés and those phrases we're always waiting to hear. That always has to be something good.

refuge after break up. new universe. and different forms of love. lessons of life. and the change. the basic virtue of film is to remind the old fashion romantic comedies. and it is not a small thing. because the humor and performances and romanticism are at the right place. sure, not at the perfect place. but the war between woman and man, the evolution of emotions, the dialogues and the feel to meet, again, after a long time, familiar situations, are the good point for this film who represents the fine definition of the discover of the other.

I had been looking forward to this movie for weeks. Every time I saw a trailer or ad, I'd become really happy looking at it, and anticipating the film. Adam Brody is relatively new to being on film, not just in "The OC" capacity, and I throughly enjoyed him as Carter Webb. However, I thought that ITLOW lacked in what it mainly advertised, the plot of Brody and Stewart's character was a main lead in the ads, but I was unhappy to find that their scenes were very minimal and basically had little to the plot. Webb seemed to be the lost soul looking for guidance, which he clearly found with Meg Ryan's character. I love Meg Ryan films, but this was probably the first time I found myself pitying her character, and I saw her as almost weak and unfortunate.

This movie did have its high points, I loved seeing the interacting between Webb and the younger Hardwicke girls on their "date," and some other moments between Carter and his grandmother.

Yet, was totally let down after watching Lucy and Carter's "relationship develop." I suppose that this movie wasn't totally supposed to be about the relationships between Carter and Sarah, and Carter and Lucy, but more about the growth of the mother/daughter relationship, as I came to learn later.

I thought the hype for this movie was overrated, and I was actually let down by some of it, but I do see that Adam Brody has a lot to offer in the future, and I can see him doing great projects now that he seen more in the movie capacity.

The movie is worth watching at least to watch Adam Brody in his first real movie role. While the plot was good and believable at parts, I just didn't get into it as much as I thought I would. Maybe it was because I expected Brody to be as witty as he is in The OC. Or perhaps it was because the plot didn't completely immerse me. The previous poster stated that this was the first movie they had seen with real emotion and if that's the case, I'm sorry for their lack of good movies. You want real human emotion? Watch Closer with Jude Law. THAT'S real human emotion. In The Land of Women is worth watching, but it's not a great date movie and I wish I would have rented it first.

This film is getting a 9 based soley on the completely misleading promotion.

I went into this expecting a love story between Carter Webb (Adam Brody) and Lucy Hardwicke (Kristen Stewart). I was expecting a dramatic age-gap romance with an ending about his having to go back to Los Angeles.

What I got was a totally confusing love hexagon that ended up not being about love at all.

Carter just got dumped. So he decides to go to Michigan to live with his grandmother (who is by far the best and most interesting character) and ends up becoming really close to the women across the street.

While it was moving, touching, and all that good stuff, I left the theater with one thought in my mind. "What the hell just happened?" It was fantastic. I would highly recommend it. However, I would not recommend expecting what I did. Don't go into this hoping that the trailers and poster (which show a lovely romance between Carter and Lucy) ring true to the film. That is not at all what the story is about. It would make a great film, in my opinion, and I still wish it had taken that direction, but sadly it did not. While still fantastic, you should expect a film about real people (with many flaws and weaknesses that humans have, like the inability to to stand up for themselves) not a movie like "She's All That" where the two young, good-looking people fall in love with an epic romance.

That is not this film. Go see it. But see it to see a great study on characters, not story.

Salaam everyone . Okay this is like a very beautifully romantic movie . My rating is above 7 obviously. A few things were obviously inappropriate along with it's ending, in which whose ending up with who is weirdly awkward almost like to just finish the movie . Another part is about the smokes which should definitely be avoided to show in movies cause my grandfather died cause of lung cancer and my dad is in heart diseases, and both of them ended up like this cause of smoking, it's like the second largest killer in the world. As many people inspire and emulate whatever gets portrayed on-screen so it should be avoided cause it's harmful. Coming back to the story . A mother of a girl goes through mastectomy cause of cancer and her husband is having an affair with someone else so she desires another man . But the problem is both mother and daughter end up falling in love with the same guy . So the guy is unable to compromise between them and hence forth has to leave due to their family issues .. and his old girlfriend also wants him back. Even in polygamous marriages, like a guy having more than one wife it isn't like this legally to have mother and daughter at the same time as wives not that naturally this kinda thing isn't possible, it is. But I still feel there can be a better ending to this movie rather than the guy and the daughter ending up with bartenders somewhere. But hey , the title says In the Land of Women 😂 no offense to womankind .

This movie was billed as a romantic comedy, but it's really a drama, and it was so much better than I expected! Redemptive and thought-provoking, this movie raises questions about if women and men can be friends without romantic undertones, and includes themes of forgiveness and living life fully. Meg Ryan is always real and lovable, and Adam Brody is a great counterpart. It's so great to see him as a leading man. I loved him in The O.C., but hopefully the bulk of his career is ahead of him. Scenes between him and the grandmother were hilarious. Very well directed. Definitely one to see with your friends and discuss over coffee afterwards--don't take your parents.

This film can't decide whether it is a serious film dealing with issues such as cancer and the affect on that on a family or a quirky film dipping its toes in the lives of normal folks like you and me. The film is a mess. Part of the time it is quirky film e.g. soft-core porn writing is the occupation of the main character, his grandmother is insane in a comedic way but not really funny in any sense, 10 year old girl who is very sophisticated and does yoga etc.

Then there is the serious side that involves cancer, dealing with cancer, marital trouble and generally the issues of all the characters love lives. The overall coldness of this family's lives is the main theme of this side of the film. There is also the matter of Brody's Carter who has just been broken up with and has moved away from LA to get perspective. How original. And guess what, he's writing a book about his experiences.

As you can see these are clearly two different movies. There are too many ideas going on here and far too many bad ideas at that. I can't imagine how this is in any way real or true. Adam Brody's part as Carter is to pass between these two ideas and act as a buffer between the funny and the deeply serious. This doesn't work. The whole plot is flawed. Every action taken by the main character is ridiculous.

The montage love scenes are old, the party fight scene is again completely ludicrous as you would see if you watched this. The production design is terrible, the camera work is equally bad but you can't stray far from the main problem; a completely absurd script. It's a horror to watch and I can't imagine how anyone could see this film as satisfying in any way or form. Adam Brody was thought of for this no doubt because of his fast talking and comic abilities which would have suited if this was just an offbeat drama. But no, they tried to make it son much more.

This is just a case of a film that tried to cover all the bases. Every part of this film has been done before and has been done in a more superior fashion in other movies. In the end this film is a comedy/love story/wacky drama/issue driven film. It is just meaningless and bizarre and it should not have been made.

To summarise it is basically a waste of an hour and a half of a life, whatever fee you paid to watch it and the time after watching this muck that you'll spend angry at yourself for getting it in the first place.

at first sight, a romantic film. part of long series about feelings, meetings, root of past and drops of confessions. in fact, a beautiful analysis of desires, expectations, fruits of profound search of happiness. the cast is perfect - fragile Adam Brody , delicate performance , rich in nuances ,of Meg Ryan, Kristen Steward in a nice role and admirable Olympia Dukakis as grandmother, key - character for a movie about vanitas vanitatum.about real things as result of self definition. it is a very special film. nothing new - many dramas are made with same ingredients - but with real touching flavor. subject for reflection , it is image of good, profound work. so, see it !

My friend and I went to go see this together, expecting a cute girl-y movie with a gorgeous guy romantic lead. Wow, were we wrong (okay, not about the gorgeous guy).

The movie was actually very good, now that I look back on it. The actors and actresses were all amazing! Adam's character was wonderful, and the way that he played off of Olympia was great. Kristen and Meg's mother-daughter relationship was very convincing. Also, the stories within the story was great, so if you want a movie that you kind of have to focus on and pay attention to fully to understand, go for it! I just wish that the ending was different. Actually, I wish that a few parts were different. In the end though, it was a "coming of age" romantic dramatic comedy. Put a murder in there with a song and dance number, subtitles, and a house blowing up, and I think we've covered all the genres! It's a cute romantic-dramatic-serious-comedy that teen girls should go to with their friends; or their moms, I guess. It's worth it, but then again, I have free movie passes, and on that night, I'd had been very disappointed if we had to pay for it since it didn't fulfill our expectations.

Hope this helped!

Finally, Hollywood is getting closer to emotional maturity and creativity. In the Land of Women was a delightful surprise. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys delving into the underlying thread of emotion connecting our relationships. As we meander through the sometimes messy connections between characters -- I don't remember any Hollywood sterilization of the situations. We continue, sometimes blind, just like the characters in the story -- and we get an excellent play-out of what ordinary "good" people do to strive to survive and better themselves.

We need more movies like this one -- a "chick-flick" that is more. It makes us think and it makes us feel!

There are so many things wrong with this movie and screenplay, that I don't know where to start. We heard such negative reviews from friends that we just had to see for ourselves. Given the strong stable of actors, it just couldn't be that bad ... or could it? So let me start with the positive.

The Good:

1) Actors - Great talent overall. Special kudos to young Makenzie Vega, who is on her way to a wonderful career. She stole every scene she was in. And Meg Ryan is always a great performer - but what happened to her lips? She looks like she got stung by a bee and had a bad reaction.

The Bad and the Ugly:

1) Editing - So poorly done, that it was hard to follow the flow of the story. It seemed like every ten minutes, the characters were making reference to a dialog or event that was left on the cutting room floor.

2) Storyline - Don't try to rationalize how believable this one is, it's not close to reality. Without giving anything away, the story is so painfully predictable that we were all cheering for at least one surprise or plot twist, but those never came. And the ending was so absurd - straight out of a bad TV movie.

3) Relationships - The characters' interaction with each other is so contrived and superficial, that it was hard to empathize with any one in this film. A good story draws you in to feel the emotions of the actors but none of us watching, from the teenagers to the adults, cared about any of the characters. And most of them were so neurotic and depressed, you just wanted to slap them across the face.

If you watch this for the actors, and pay no attention to the story, then you'll have a good time. And pay particular note to young actress Makenzie Vega, she's one to watch.

I admit to be surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. Well cast, Meg Ryan in particular.

I enjoyed the dialog, the understated humor, and the story line. The grandmother's role left me somewhat confused, not sure I understand why it was written (or played) the way that it was. However that may be it was the device to get the main character Wisconsin, or was that Michigan? Meg Ryan finally had a role that she excel in. Just the right touch of someone who is more than they seem, and not realizing that themselves. Very interesting story between she and the main character...how they reach out and touch each other, impact each other's lives. Wish the movie had been about twenty minutes longer to better develop the characters and the interaction between them...but two hour movies just aren't the norm anymore and the 100 minutes must suffice. However, it was a 100 minutes well spent.