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Charms for the Easy Life

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Charms for the Easy Life
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1hr 51min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
2002
Director:
Joan Micklin Silver
Distributor:
Showtime Entertainment
Starring:
Gena Rowlands, Mimi Rogers, Susan May Pratt  ...more
Synopsis: Charlie Kate Birch (Gena Rowlands) is a peculiarly powerful Southern matriarch, an anachronism in the early 20th century. She's a self-educated woman who makes a good living as a midwife and holistic healer. One day, she saves a black man who's been lynched, and he thanks her by giving her a rabbit's foot, which supposedly "brings an easy life" to the person who carries it. Charlie's husband leaves her soon thereafter, but she had begun to think he was an idiot anyway. Charlie's only character flaw ... Full Synopsis
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Josh Ralske, AMG Review
Charms for the Easy Life is an engagingly low-key family drama that features fine performances from its three female leads. The film has a leisurely pace, and gives the audience a chance to get to know Charlie Kate (Gena Rowlands), her daughter Sophia (Mimi Rogers), and her granddaughter Margaret (Susan May Pratt), and understand the complex dynamics of their relationship to one another. Director Joan ... Full Review
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Gena Rowlands
Charlie Kate
Mimi Rogers
Sophia
Susan May Pratt
Margaret
Geordie Johnson
Mr. Baines, Richard Baines
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