You have John C. playing a dull but loving husband:
Jeff playing a self-involved academic:
Toni playing a cake baking housewife:
Claire is playing a free-spirit teenager:
Ed is playing a tortured artist:
Meryl playing a menopausal wreck:
Julianne playing an unsatisfied housewife:
Alison playing a supportive second 'wife':
Now, Nicole seems to be the one playing against type.. is that why Oscar bit?
