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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: When asking Carter about Sofia, Phyllis asks, "Is she ''zaftig''?", which is Yiddish for [[BuxomIsBetter [[BuxomBeautyStandard big-breasted]].
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Paige, whether she's talking about all the research she's done on the Internet, or gushing about [[ProductPlacement Orange Julius]] or Creator/ColinFarrell.
-->'''Carter:''' You know, I was a lot like you when I was your age.
-->'''Paige:''' Very feminine?
-->'''Carter:''' Precocious.
-->'''Carter:''' You know, I was a lot like you when I was your age.
-->'''Paige:''' Very feminine?
-->'''Carter:''' Precocious.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Though we never see evidence of it, both Sarah and Lucy know Nelson is having an affair.
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-->'''Paige:''' Very feminine?
-->'''Carter:''' Precocious.
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-->'''Paige:''' Very feminine?
-->'''Carter:''' Precocious.
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* MomentKiller: While at Gabe's party, Carter gets a phone call from Sofia, who's crying and talking about how much she's missing him. It seems as if she and Carter may talk about getting back together...and that's when Gabe comes up from behind, throws a cup of beer at Carter, and yells at him.
-->'''Carter:''' I'm going to have to call you back.
-->'''Carter:''' I'm going to have to call you back.
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* TheCameo: ByNoIMeanYes: Inverted; when Carter asks Lucy if she's kissed Gabe Foley yet, she initially says yes, then admits, "Not really...define 'kissing'."
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''In the Land of Women'' is a drama/comedy written and directed by Jon Kasdan (son of Creator/LawrenceKasdan), and starring Adam Brody, Meg Ryan, Creator/KristenStewart, Mackenzie Vega, Creator/ClarkGregg, and Olympia Dukakis.
After his pop star girlfriend, Sofia, breaks up with him, Carter, feeling depressed, moves from Los Angeles to Michigan to take care of his grandmother Phyllis. There, he's befriended by Sarah, a housewife who's battling [[TheTopicOfCancer cancer]], and her rebellious teenage daughter Lucy (as well as her other daughter, AdorablyPrecociousChild Paige).
After his pop star girlfriend, Sofia, breaks up with him, Carter, feeling depressed, moves from Los Angeles to Michigan to take care of his grandmother Phyllis. There, he's befriended by Sarah, a housewife who's battling [[TheTopicOfCancer cancer]], and her rebellious teenage daughter Lucy (as well as her other daughter, AdorablyPrecociousChild Paige).
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''In the Land of Women'' is a drama/comedy 2007 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jon Kasdan (son of Creator/LawrenceKasdan), Creator/LawrenceKasdan) and starring Adam Brody, Meg Ryan, Creator/MegRyan, Creator/KristenStewart, Mackenzie Vega, Creator/ClarkGregg, and Olympia Dukakis.
After his pop stargirlfriend, Sofia, girlfriend breaks up with him, Carter, Carter (Brody), feeling depressed, moves from Los Angeles to Michigan to take care of his grandmother Phyllis. Phyllis (Dukakis). There, he's befriended by Sarah, Sarah (Ryan), a housewife who's battling [[TheTopicOfCancer cancer]], and her rebellious teenage daughter Lucy (as (Stewart), as well as her other daughter, AdorablyPrecociousChild Paige).
[[AdorablyPrecociousChild adorably precocious]] younger daughter Paige (Vega).
After his pop star
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* JerkJock: Gabe; even before he beats up Carter, he dumps Lucy without telling her. Eric calls him out on this in giving him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Carter and Lucy give this to each other; she to him for accidentally blurting out that Sarah might die of her cancer, and he to her for not trying to make up to her mother.
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After his pop star girlfriend, Sofia, breaks up with him, Carter, feeling depressed, moves from Los Angeles to Michigan to take care of his grandmother Phyllis. There, he's befriended by Sarah, a housewife who's battling cancer, [[TheTopicOfCancer cancer]], and her rebellious teenage daughter Lucy (as well as her other daughter, AdorablyPrecociousChild Paige).
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* DeadpanSnarker: Carter does this a lot, as do Lucy and Phyllis to some extent.
-->'''Gabe:''' You think you can [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy step into my hood, slinging game at my girl, drinkin' my boy's brew, and expect not to be scrappin' directly?]]
-->'''Carter:''' What?
-->'''Gabe:''' Are you deaf and stupid? I said-
-->'''Carter:''' Don't repeat all that. Please. I think the answer to your question depends on whether you have, like, a learning disability, or you're just an average moron. (''Gabe punches him'') Okay, above-average moron.
-->'''Gabe:''' You think you can [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy step into my hood, slinging game at my girl, drinkin' my boy's brew, and expect not to be scrappin' directly?]]
-->'''Carter:''' What?
-->'''Gabe:''' Are you deaf and stupid? I said-
-->'''Carter:''' Don't repeat all that. Please. I think the answer to your question depends on whether you have, like, a learning disability, or you're just an average moron. (''Gabe punches him'') Okay, above-average moron.
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** [[Series/OnceUponATime Ginnifer Goodwin]] plays the waitress Carter meets at the end.
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* BuxomIsBetter: At least according to Phyllis; she's happy to hear Sofia was this way.
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* LoveEpiphany: Lucy has one near the end regarding Eric, to the point she changes from driving home to driving over where Eric works just to see him.
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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: When asking Carter about Sofia, Phyllis asks, "Is she ''zaftig''?", which is Yiddish for [[BuxomIsBetter big-breasted]].
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->'''Carter:''' I pride myself on being this great listener, but whenever I meet somebody new, I find I'm doing all the talking.
->'''Sarah:''' Maybe you're not really such a great listener.
->'''Carter:''' Hmm?
->'''Sarah:''' Maybe you're not such a great...listener.
->'''Carter:''' ({{Beat}}) [[HypocriticalHumor No, that's not it. I'm a great listener]].
''In The Land Of Women'' is a drama/comedy written and directed by Jon Kasdan (son of Creator/LawrenceKasdan), and starring Adam Brody, Meg Ryan, Creator/KristenStewart, Mackenzie Vega, Creator/ClarkGregg, and Olympia Dukakis.
After his pop star girlfriend, Sofia, breaks up with him, Carter, feeling depressed, moves from Los Angeles to Michigan to take care of his grandmother Phyllis. There, he's befriended by Sarah, a housewife who's battling cancer, and her rebellious teenage daughter Lucy (as well as her other daughter, PrecociousChild Paige).
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* {{Adorkable}}: Paige, whether she's talking about all the research she's done on the Internet, or gushing about [[ProductPlacement Orange Julius]] or Creator/ColinFarrell.
-->'''Carter:''' You know, I was a lot like you when I was your age.
-->'''Paige:''' Very feminine?
-->'''Carter:''' Precocious.
* BecomingTheMask: When Phyllis asks Carter what kind of stuff he writes, he [[BlatantLies claims he writes children's books]]. He ends up writing one for real (though he never publishes it).
* TheCameo: [[Film/{{Poltergeist}} [=JoBeth=] Williams]] appears in the beginning as Carter's mother.
* CassandraTruth: Phyllis insists she's dying, which Carter doesn't believe, or want to believe. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie, she does]].
** [[Series/OnceUponATime Ginnifer Goodwin]] plays the waitress Carter meets at the end.
* MoodWhiplash: Done constantly. It's set up right at the beginning, when the sad mood of Sofia breaking up with Carter is broken when a couple of Sofia's fans eagerly ask her for her autograph.
* MostWritersAreWriters: Carter is a screenwriter of soft-core porn films, though part of why he moves back to Michigan (aside from taking care of Phyllis) is so he can work on this story he's wanted to write about being a teenager in L.A. At the end, he's still working on it.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When he's out with Lucy and Paige, Carter asks them to tell him about their life in suburban Michigan, and to give him the whole Creator/JohnHughes experience. Lucy doesn't know who that is, to which Carter says, "I feel...very old."
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Lucy comes home to find Sarah has fallen on the floor, and we see Sarah vomit on the floor as well.
* WatchOutForThatTree: Carter goes jogging, but gets so caught up in his {{Flashback}} concerning his time with Sofia that he runs into a tree.
* YourCheatingHeart: Though we never see evidence of it, both Sarah and Lucy know Nelson is having an affair.
->'''Sarah:''' Maybe you're not really such a great listener.
->'''Carter:''' Hmm?
->'''Sarah:''' Maybe you're not such a great...listener.
->'''Carter:''' ({{Beat}}) [[HypocriticalHumor No, that's not it. I'm a great listener]].
''In The Land Of Women'' is a drama/comedy written and directed by Jon Kasdan (son of Creator/LawrenceKasdan), and starring Adam Brody, Meg Ryan, Creator/KristenStewart, Mackenzie Vega, Creator/ClarkGregg, and Olympia Dukakis.
After his pop star girlfriend, Sofia, breaks up with him, Carter, feeling depressed, moves from Los Angeles to Michigan to take care of his grandmother Phyllis. There, he's befriended by Sarah, a housewife who's battling cancer, and her rebellious teenage daughter Lucy (as well as her other daughter, PrecociousChild Paige).
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* {{Adorkable}}: Paige, whether she's talking about all the research she's done on the Internet, or gushing about [[ProductPlacement Orange Julius]] or Creator/ColinFarrell.
-->'''Carter:''' You know, I was a lot like you when I was your age.
-->'''Paige:''' Very feminine?
-->'''Carter:''' Precocious.
* BecomingTheMask: When Phyllis asks Carter what kind of stuff he writes, he [[BlatantLies claims he writes children's books]]. He ends up writing one for real (though he never publishes it).
* TheCameo: [[Film/{{Poltergeist}} [=JoBeth=] Williams]] appears in the beginning as Carter's mother.
* CassandraTruth: Phyllis insists she's dying, which Carter doesn't believe, or want to believe. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie, she does]].
** [[Series/OnceUponATime Ginnifer Goodwin]] plays the waitress Carter meets at the end.
* MoodWhiplash: Done constantly. It's set up right at the beginning, when the sad mood of Sofia breaking up with Carter is broken when a couple of Sofia's fans eagerly ask her for her autograph.
* MostWritersAreWriters: Carter is a screenwriter of soft-core porn films, though part of why he moves back to Michigan (aside from taking care of Phyllis) is so he can work on this story he's wanted to write about being a teenager in L.A. At the end, he's still working on it.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When he's out with Lucy and Paige, Carter asks them to tell him about their life in suburban Michigan, and to give him the whole Creator/JohnHughes experience. Lucy doesn't know who that is, to which Carter says, "I feel...very old."
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Lucy comes home to find Sarah has fallen on the floor, and we see Sarah vomit on the floor as well.
* WatchOutForThatTree: Carter goes jogging, but gets so caught up in his {{Flashback}} concerning his time with Sofia that he runs into a tree.
* YourCheatingHeart: Though we never see evidence of it, both Sarah and Lucy know Nelson is having an affair.