People Like Us (2012)

114 min · Drama, Family Drama, drama film

Popularity4.5/5

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Alex Kurtzman

Cast

Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jon Favreau, Mark Duplass, Paul Sanchez, Jon Morgan Woodward

The story

Sam Harper, a struggling corporate trader in New York City, may have violated federal law and faces a possible Federal Trade Commission investigation, so his boss urges him to bribe federal officials. Returning home, Sam's girlfriend Hannah informs him that his estranged father, Jerry, has died. They fly to Los Angeles, where he has a tense reunion with his mother Lillian.

Catalogue themes and tags

Alcohol, Alkoholabhängigkeit, Alkoholexzess, Alkoholiker, Drunk, Erbe, Funeral, Incognito, Loss of Father, Mother Son Relationship, Nephew, Obsequies, Problem, Share of the Estate, Sister, Son, Sterben, Support, Testament, Trauerfall, bruder-schwester, sadness, Drama, Coming of age

Genres

Drama, Family Drama, drama film

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