Cardboard characters and severe problems of tone fatally flaw the awkward satirical relationship drama "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee." Fourth feature from helmer-writer Rebecca Miller ("The Ballad of Jack and Rose," "Personal Velocity," "Angela") feels as schizophrenic as its eponymous heroine. "Reinvented" from Miller’s own novel, this star-studded tale of a 50ish married woman coming to terms with her troubled past reps something of a pig-in-a-poke for buyers who nabbed presales rights. While watchable, it’s not exactly a commercial property or, for that matter, arthouse material, and thus reps a marketing challenge unlikely to receive critical support.
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