When I saw the movie for the first time at Telluride, I noticed a curious thing about the audience. During most nude scenes involving women, men are silent and intent. During this scene, which was not focused on sexuality but on an actual female body, attractive but imperfect, it was the women who leaned forward in rapt attention. Nicole Holofcener, who wrote and directed Lovely and Amazing, is onto something: Her movie knows how these women relate to men, to each other, to their bodies, and to their prospects of happiness.
