Fresh
A sometimes smart social commentary on Los Angeles characters who seek spiritual salvation when they can't buy every object they want.
Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
The New Age
A shopping spree for the morally bankrupt.
1994 · 1h 52m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Michael Tolkin
Overview
Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their solution is to start their own business together. In order to find meaning to their empty lives, they follow various New Age gurus and other such groups. Eventually, they hit rock bottom and have to make some hard decisions.
Director and cast
- Michael Tolkin Director
- Peter Weller as Peter Witner
- Judy Davis as Katherine Witner
- Patrick Bauchau as Jean Levy
- Rachel Rosenthal as Sarah Friedberg
- Adam West as Jeff Witner
- Paula Marshall as Alison Gale
- Bruce Ramsay as Misha
- Tanya Pohlkotte as Bettina
- Susan Traylor as Ellen Saltonstall
- Patricia Heaton as Anna
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