Please Give

a family looking for some extra space gets drawn into a difficult relationship with the folks next door in this comedy drama from writer and director nicole holofcener kate catherine keener and alex oliver platt are a couple living in new york city who run a successful store specializing in vintage furniture kate and alex have a teenage daughter abby sarah steele and their apartment is starting to feel a bit small for the three of them kate and alex own the unit next door to them and once the flat becomes vacant they plan to knock out a wall and take over the space however andra ann morgan guilbert their tenant is an elderly woman with a poor disposition who doesn t seem eager to go anywhere soon and it s occurred to kate and alex that they re probably going to have wait for her to die since evicting her would be very awkward hoping to make the best of the situation kate tries to strike up a friendship with andra and her fiercely protective granddaughter rebecca rebecca hall but andra isn t especially interested in making new friends and rebecca s sister mary amanda peet isn t much easier to deal with