2004 Movies : Romance

With Mark Wahlberg • Jude Law • Naomi Watts • Dustin Hoffman • Jason Schwartzman • Scott Rudin • Isabelle Huppert • Jeff Baena • Lily Tomlin • Kevin Dunn • David O. Russell • Gregory Goodman • Jake Muxworthy

Albert Markovski, head of the Open Spaces Coalition, has been experiencing an alarming series of coincidences the meaning of which escapes him. With the help of two Existential Detectives, Bernard and Vivian Jaffe, Albert examines his life, his relationships, and his conflict with Brad Stand, an executive climbing the corporate ladder at Huckabees, a popular chain of retail superstores. When Brad also hires the detectives, they dig deep into his seemingly perfect life and his relationship with his spokes model girlfriend, the voice of Huckabees, Dawn Campbell. Albert pairs up with rebel firefighter Tommy Corn to take matters into their own hands under the guidance of the Jaffes' nemesis, the French radical Caterine Vauban.

With Grégoire Colin • Roxane Mesquida • Catherine Breillat • Anne Parillaud • Ashley Wanninger • Dominique Colladant

A film director named Jeanne is consumed with directing a young actress and actor in a difficult sex scene. He's determined to get it right, and he goes to great lengths to capture the action on celluloid.

With Ben Affleck • Jenno Topping • Christina Applegate • Catherine O'Hara • Harry Elfont • Mike Mitchell • Jeffrey Ventimilia • Jennifer Morrison • Betty Thomas • Deborah Kaplan • Joshua Sternin

Facing another Christmas alone, Drew Latham decides to go back to his idyllic childhood home to spend the holidays with family. There is, however, one problem: the people living there now are not Drew's family. Nevertheless, Drew has his mind set on an old-fashioned family Christmas, and the fact that the family in question, the Valcos, are complete strangers, isn't about to put a crimp in his plans. Offering them a small fortune, Drew bribes his newfound parents to let him spend Christmas in their home, pretending to be part of the family. Just when the Valcos begin to question if any amount of money is worth being dragged all over town on such traditional family holiday excursions as Christmas shopping and the requisite choosing of the Christmas tree, their eldest daughter Alicia comes home for the holidays, with no intention of adopting a new brother.

With Nicole Kidman • Peter Stormare • Danny Huston • Arliss Howard • Anne Heche • Cameron Bright • Lauren Bacall • Jonathan Glazer • Lizie Gower • Jean-Claude Carriere • Milo Addica

Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the concern of her fiancée, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life.

With Joaquin Phoenix • Sean Penn • Mark Strong • Claire Danes • Margo Martindale • Mogens Rukov • Alun Armstrong • Harry Ditson • Douglas Henshall • Geoffrey Hutchings • Sean-Michael Smith • Thomas Vinterberg

"It's All About Love" takes place in the near future and tells the story of a couple fighting for their love, and ultimately for their lives, in a world out of balance. John (Joaquin Phoenix) and the world famous ice skater Elena (Claire Danes) have a modern marriage and they have lived apart for several years, John in Poland and Elena mostly in New York. Time has made the distance between them grow, and eventually John goes to see Elena in New York to get her signature on their final divorce papers. Upon arriving in New York, John realizes that strange and unexpected things are happening around Elena. People he once knew as friends seem not to be friends after all. The love he thought was dead blossoms once more. And it's up to John to save Elena from her fate, if he can.