Reese Witherspoon isnt quite sure how to categorize her next big-screen venture.
I noticed women were feeling comfortable getting divorced earlier in life, and I wanted to explore that trend.
Witherspoon plays Alice, a 40-year-old mother of two who moves home to L.A. after her marriage falls apart.
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Somehow she finds herself boarding three aspiring filmmaker brothers in her guesthouse.
Together the three of them make the perfect man, laughs Meyers-Shyer.
Its kind of beautiful to see a May-December romance the other way around, Witherspoon says.
Its good to put that out there and challenge social arrays.
The older-woman-younger-man romance isnt the only love story in the movie.
Theres a great love of cinema present in the film, says Witherspoon.
Hallie is very respectful of the real craftsmanship and the sincerity of peoples artistry.
For Meyers-Shyers part, injecting the warm, sumptuous glow of old Hollywood was entirely intentional.
I wanted it to feel like a place you wanted to be.
Hollywood is really the heart of Los Angeles and its based around an art form.
Casting Pico Alexanders part was really tough, says the writer-director.
Thats what makes it a modern romantic comedy, says Witherspoon, finally giving in to that label.
Home Againopens Sept. 8.
