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Kate and Alex, a married couple who deal in vintage furniture in New York, own the apartment next to their own and plan to expand once its elderly tenant, Andra, has died. Kate runs the business, reselling pieces bought from the families of the deceased to wealthy clients, and the arrangement sits uneasily with her. When she befriends Andra's two granddaughters, who look after the difficult old woman, the couple's plans and Kate's conscience pull in different directions.

Nicole Holofcener wrote and directed the film, her fourth feature after Angry, Lovely & Amazing and Friends with Money. Catherine Keener plays Kate, with Oliver Platt as Alex, Amanda Peet and Rebecca Hall as the granddaughters, Ann Morgan Guilbert as Andra and Lois Smith as a neighbor. Anthony Bregman produced; some 35 cast members and 142 crew were credited.

Released in April 2010, the film runs 90 minutes and was made for about 3 million dollars, returning roughly 4 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.6 out of 10 from around 12,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.2 from a much smaller number of votes, while a critics' rating of 7.6 from 140 reviews places it clearly above those audience scores.