Life can be a comedy or a tragedy, it all depends on how you look at it.
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
$16,000,000
$20,085,825
December 22, 2004
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Gravier Productions
33 people
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Ellis Moonsong
Acting
Will Ferrell
Hobie
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Jonny Lee Miller
Lee
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Radha Mitchell
Melinda Robicheaux
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Amanda Peet
Susan
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Chloë Sevigny
Laurel
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Wallace Shawn
Sy
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David Aaron Baker
Steve
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Arija Bareikis
Sally Oliver
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Josh Brolin
Greg
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Steve Carell
Walt
Acting
Stephanie Roth Haberle
Louise
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