Sofia Coppola likes her collaborations and collaborators. It’s been a minute since her first proper feature-length narrative film, 2017’s “The Beguiled,” but the filmmaker is back with a story that includes familiar friends. “On The Rocks,” her latest dramedy stars Bill Murray, the actor who scored his first Oscar nomination for her 2003 film, “Lost In Translation.” The film also stars Rashida Jones, who also worked with Coppola on 2015’s variety/musical/comedy Netflix special, “A Very Murray Christmas,” which obviously featured Bill Murray too.
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The trio reunites for “On The Rocks,” which is a father/daughter story about a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York. The movie is an A24 production and is being released by AppleTV+ in the fall.
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Here’s the long-form synopsis:
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A young New York mother faced with sudden doubts about her marriage teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband. What follows is a sparkling comic adventure across the city—drawing father and daughter closer together despite one detour after another. Acclaimed filmmaker Sofia Coppola brings a light touch to this blend of an exuberant love letter to New York, a generation-clash comedy about how we see relationships differently from our parents, and a funny celebration of the complications that bind modern families even as they tie us in crazy knots.
Laura (Rashida Jones) thinks she’s happily hitched, but when her husband Dean (Marlon Wayans) starts logging late hours at the office with a new co-worker, Laura begins to fear the worst. She turns to the one man she suspects may have insight: her charming, impulsive father Felix (Bill Murray), who insists they investigate the situation. As the two begin prowling New York at night, careening from uptown parties to downtown hotspots, they discover at the heart of their journey lies their own relationship.
“On The Rocks” has no specific release date yet, but the film will arrive in theaters and on Apple TV+ this October. It’s good to have Coppola back and in an intriguing-looking project Watch the new trailer below.
