Purple Violets (2007)

Stifled by the mundane and shackled by discontent, thirty-three-year-old Patti Petalson finds herself at odds with her life in the bustling heart of New York City. Once a passionate author who tasted literary success with a book of short stories, Patti now navigates the uninspiring world of real estate to make ends meet. Her marriage to the self-absorbed restaurateur, Chazz Coleman, is a cocktail of suppressed resentment and unspoken frustrations. An unexpected encounter at a dinner with her best friend and schoolteacher, Kate Scott, brings past loves back into the picture. Brian Callahan and Michael Murphy, former boyfriends of Patti and Kate respectively, re-enter their lives, stirring up a whirlwind of emotions and unresolved issues from their college days. While Kate harbors a grudge against Murph, a successful lawyer with a questionable academic past, Patti finds herself inexplicably drawn to Brian. Brian, a successful author churning out 'pulp fiction' detective novels, finds himself at a crossroads. His attempt to break free from the shackles of commercial success with a serious novel - a thinly veiled attempt at autobiography - is met with scathing reviews. He finds solace in the arms of Bernadette, a young record company executive, but the generational gap between them is a chasm they struggle to bridge. As the past and present converge, Patti, Brian, Kate, and Murph find themselves grappling with the possibility of second chances. Amidst the chaos of rekindled romances, Patti and Brian must navigate the labyrinth of their writing aspirations, trapped between the desire to write and the need to be understood.

Purple Violets is a comedy movie featuring Dennis Farina.

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