Holofcener's biggest ally against nauseating self-pity is Keener, her screen alter ego.
– Cath Clarke,
Time Out,
16 Jun 2010
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Nicole Holofcener's lovely Please Give is a small, modest movie, full of the sort of characters we might know, or be.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
18 Jun 2010
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Nicole Holofcener, who writes the most interesting female characters in the movies, delivers another dazzling role to her muse, Catherine Keener, in Please Give, a delightfully dry dramedy about guilt.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Jul 2010
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Life-goes-on movies usually don't electrify the senses, but this one stimulates moral imagination.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
6 Jul 2010
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Keener has become Holofcener's artistic alter ego. In Please Give, the sharp-eyed filmmaker sends her vibrant representative out into the world to explore what it means for a woman to be lucky and still feel itchy.