Puccini for Beginners

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Puccini for Beginners ★★ 2006

Snappy, droll, if occasionally labored comedy. Operaloving Allegra (Reaser) breaks up with girlfriend Samantha (Nicholson) and drunkenly decides to have an affair after meeting appealing Philip (Kirk), who's dumped girlfriend Grace (Mol), who soon has her own rebound romance—with Allegra. Obviously, New York is a very small town. 82m/C DVD . US Elizabeth Reaser, Justin Kirk, Gretchen Mol, Jennifer (Jennie) Dundas Lowe, Julianne Nicholson, Tina Benko, Brian Letscher; D: Maria Maggenti; W: Maria Maggenti; C: Mauricio Rubinstein; M: Terry Dame.