
Melinda and Melinda
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her state of affairs leans toward levity, while the other is full of anguish. Each story involves Melinda coping with a recent divorce through substance abuse while beginning a romantic relationship with a close friend's husband.
Release Date: 2004-12-22
Comedy
Drama
Romance
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Casts

Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Ellis Moonsong

Will Ferrell
as Hobie

Jonny Lee Miller
as Lee

Radha Mitchell
as Melinda Robicheaux

Amanda Peet
as Susan

Chloë Sevigny
as Laurel

Wallace Shawn
as Sy

David Aaron Baker
as Steve

Arija Bareikis
as Sally Oliver

Josh Brolin
as Greg