Robin Wright doin’ right

Robin Wright has her juiciest role since “Forrest Gump” in Rebecca Miller’s “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee,” a starry, semi-satirical version of ’70s feminist dramas like “Diary a Mad Housewife” and “An Unmarried Woman.”

If the title “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” weren’t already taken, it would fit this uneven movie, and not only because of Wright’s Pippa Lee, who is coming apart after moving to a Connecticut retirement community.

Our 40-ish heroine has long been married to the much older Herb (Alan Arkin), a publisher who refuses to give up work entirely after three heart attacks — and increasingly vocally resents that Pippa has become his caretaker.

That — and the sudden arrival of Chris (Keanu Reeves), the hunky 35-year-old unemployed, emotionally damaged and newly single son of a neighbor (Shirley Knight) — triggers a series of sleepwalking episodes.

Pippa Lee’s façade as a perfect hostess — she’s described as “a mystery and an enigma” by a friend — is also cracking under the strain of memories of her turbulent youth.

Maria Bello once again pushes the envelope as Pippa Lee’s emotionally volatile, pill-popping mother, whose mood swings eventually force the teenage Pippa Lee to flee to a lesbian aunt in Manhattan.

But there, Pippa Lee encounters her aunt’s girlfriend (a nifty cameo by Julianne Moore), who offers a taste of “dangerous” fun.

Pippa Lee (played as a young woman by Blake Lively) falls in with a druggy art crowd in the 1970s.

But she gravitates toward the controlling Herb, even though he has a wife (Monica Belluci) who is arguably even crazier than even her mother.

Back in the present, Pippa Lee has a hyper-dramatic, untrustworthy best friend (a very funny Winona Ryder) and a daughter (the always excellent Zoe Kazan) who despises her, risking her life as a photojournalist in the Middle East.

Miller never really fleshes out all of these colorful characters in her emotionally facile script, leaving the heavy lifting to the actors.

Fortunately for “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee,” Wright is more than up to the challenge.

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Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn Reconciling Again?

Sean Penn and his long-term love of 11 years of marriage, Robin Wright Penn were on the verge of a split after an official divorce proceed was started in December 2007. 

Well, it seems the second time Sean has rescinded divorce papers has also been a waste of time.

It seems the famous pair may be on the verge of another reconcilliation.

“This appears to imply that they’re reconciling again,” says L.A. divorce lawyer Lynn Soodik, who is not involved with the case. “It’s unlikely Sean Penn would request a dismissal for any other reason.” 

This is the second time the actor has rescinded divorce papers. Penn, 48, and Wright Penn, 43, started divorce proceedings in December 2007 after 11 years of marriage. 

But they put the brakes on their divorce action four months later, in April 2008, when a court clerk dismissed the divorce petition at their request. 

A lawyer for Sean Penn didn’t immediately return a call for comment. Wright Penn has been at the Cannes Film Festival, where she’s a member of the jury, since last week. She attended the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit on May 21.