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ON THE ROCKS 12A

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And remember, don’t give your heart to any boys. You’re mine, until you get married. And then you’re still mine…” Spoken over a black screen, On The Rocks’ opening lines could be the prelude to a dark psychodrama of paternal possessiveness.

Instead, Sofia Coppola’s latest emerges as a beguiling, souffle-light comedy that could be an aged-up companion piece to the writer/director’s (2010). There are also echoes of Woody Allen in the setup, which sees author Laura (Rashida Jones) and her philandering father Felix (Bill Murray) tailing Laura’s possibly faithless husband Dean (Marlon

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