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Lebanon, Pa.

Life Happens When You Least Expect It
Life Happens When You Least Expect It
Drama, Romance - 2011
Lebanon, Pa.
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6.2
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Will, a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ, his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As Will becomes interested in CJ's married teacher and CJ confronts her conflicted father, both struggle with formidable decisions about the path their lives will take. Can we vault our differences and meet in the middle? This bittersweet comic drama tenderly explores the cultural divide in America through the lives of one extended family.
Director:
,
Ben Hickernell
Cast:
,
Samantha Mathis
,
Josh Hopkins
,
Rachel Kitson
,
Hunter Gallagher

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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
29 Apr 2011
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Since the crux of the tale is a teenager's decision about an unwanted pregnancy, "Lebanon, Pa." can't possibly please everyone. But Hickernell doesn't strain to be provocative.
– Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
13 May 2011
fresh:
Not perfect, but vastly superior to most of the Hollywood dreck we've been getting lately, Lebanon, Pa. is a thoughtful and perceptive film well worth recommending.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
11 May 2011
rotten:
As long as the pic remains rooted in a specific locale's rhythms, it imparts a sense of discovery; but when local color wears thin, bald ideological small-town/big-city oppositions intrude.
– Ronnie Scheib,
Variety,
29 Apr 2011
rotten:
Plays out like one of those dull message movies that TV networks used to crank out almost weekly, but the earnestness is at times almost appealingly old-fashioned.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
29 Apr 2011
fresh:
Kitson, who plays CJ, the mouthy, forthright teenager at the center of the storm, illuminates a movie that is otherwise so studiously balanced an examination of teenage pregnancy that it deserves a medal for evenhandedness.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
28 Apr 2011
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