I tried to watch this once before but it remains neither lovely nor amazing. Nicole Holofcener wrote and directed, four years before the much superior Friends with Money, which also has Keener.
This is one of those odd movies where I don't really like anyone in it but I find them interesting enough that I want to see what happens to them, and the ensemble does work well together. (Except Joan Cusack, who's usually a scene-stealer, feels miscast.) Nicole Holofcener wrote and directed.