3 Backyards (2010) NYT Critics' Pick

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In “3 Backyards” Edie Falco, left, plays a woman insatiably curious about her depressed celebrity neighbor (Embeth Davidtz).
What’s Really Beneath Those Manicured Lawns (and Suburban Smiles)
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: March 10, 2011

In Eric Mendelsohn’s “3 Backyards,” the sunlight spearing through thick green foliage on a summer afternoon in a Long Island hamlet evokes a magical fairy-tale jungle. Here secrets are buried, and wild creatures roam. The air seethes with the sounds of insects, birds and the neighborhood. On the ground, tiny creatures wiggle and squirm; the earth is alive. More