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Director Richard Loncraine's modest road comedy premiered at the Berlin Film Festival to a warm reception for its tempered depiction of the husband-hunting Ann Devereaux, a 1953 version of Blanche Dubois appropriately played by Renee Zellweger.

While its episodic form abandons supporting characters like so many flies on the windshield of Ann's convertible Cadillac, the movie wisely hones in on talented newcomer Logan Lerman as George, Ann's cynical teenage son.

George's slightly older effeminate brother Robbie (Mark Rendell) takes a backseat as well. George gets elevated to man-of-the-family when Ann discovers her wealthy bandleader husband Dan (Kevin Bacon) cheating on her in their well-appointed Manhattan apartment.

Ann heists a wad of cash and heads off with her sons to Boston. There she sets matrimonial sights on former military officer Harlan (Chris Noth), after being robbed by an old boyfriend whom she briefly auditions over a doomed dinner.

A slapstick mishap with Harlan sends our familial trio on to more comical romantic failings for Ann in Baltimore, New Mexico, and Hollywood.

The film errs forgivably by constantly swapping protagonists between Ann and George, but chuckles flourish as both characters gravitate toward their thematic resolutions.

Rated PG-13. 107 mins.