Studio Synopsis:

Writer/director Nancy Meyers ("What Women Want," "Something's Gotta Give," "The Holiday") directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in "It's Complicated," a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between.

Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has—after a decade of divorce—an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake (Baldwin). But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son’s college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable—an affair. With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness (Lake Bell), Jane is now, of all things, the other woman.

Caught in the middle of their renewed romance is Adam (Martin), an architect hired to remodel Jane's kitchen. Healing from a divorce of his own, Adam starts to fall for Jane, but soon realizes he's become part of a love triangle.

Should Jane and Jake move on with their lives, or is love truly lovelier the second time around? It's... complicated.

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Joining the three stars of It’s Complicated are JOHN KRASINSKI (Away We Go, television’s The Office) as Streep and Baldwin’s son-in-law-to-be, Harley, as well as three up-and-coming performers who play the ex-couple’s grown children—CAITLIN FITZGERALD (Taking Woodstock, A Jersey Christmas) as Lauren, ZOE KAZAN (Revolutionary Road, I Hate Valentine’s Day) as Gabby and HUNTER PARRISH (17 Again, television’s Weeds) as Luke.

Key supporting parts in It’s Complicated belong to a who’s who of veteran comedy performers. Portraying Streep’s closest friends (and romantic advisors) are RITA WILSON (Old Dogs, Sleepless in Seattle) as Trisha; MARY KAY PLACE (Julie & Julia, television’s Big Love) as Joanne; ALEXANDRA WENTWORTH (Office Space, television’s Head Case) as Diane; and NORA DUNN (Pineapple Express, Bruce Almighty) as Sally.

Meyers is joined in production duties by Academy Award®-winning producer Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men, Doubt, Julie & Julia), who has previously produced six films starring Streep. ILONA HERZBERG (The Manchurian Candidate, Rachel Getting Married) and SUZANNE FARWELL (Something’s Gotta Give, The Holiday) serve as the film’s executive producers.

The accomplished behind-the-scenes team of longtime Meyers collaborators includes production designer JON HUTMAN (Something’s Gotta Give, What Women Want), two-time Oscar®-winning editor JOE HUTSHING (JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Something’s Gotta Give) and Oscar®-winning composer HANS ZIMMER (The Lion King, Something’s Gotta Give, The Holiday).

Joining the crew for their first film with Meyers are two-time Academy Award®winning director of photography JOHN TOLL (Braveheart, Legends of the Fall); Hutshing’s fellow editor, DAVID MORITZ (Rushmore, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou); costume designer SONIA GRANDE (The Others, Vicky Cristina Barcelona); and Zimmer’s fellow composer, HEITOR PEREIRA (The Canyon, Real Women Have Curves).

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Universal Pictures presents—in association with Relativity Media—a Waverly Films/Scott Rudin production of a Nancy Meyers film: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin in It’s Complicated, starring John Krasinski. The music is by Hans Zimmer and Heitor Pereira, and the casting is by Ellen Chenoweth. The costume designer is Sonia Grande, the editors are Joe Hutshing, ACE, and David Moritz, and the production designer is Jon Hutman. The comedy’s director of photography is John Toll, ASC, and the executive producers are Ilona Herzberg and Suzanne Farwell. The producers are Nancy Meyers and Scott Rudin. It’s Complicated is written and directed by Nancy Meyers. ©2009 Universal Studios. www.itscomplicatedmovie.com