 A classic liberal, Rothman states her themes wholly in terms of disparate individuals whose needs propel them to make a common bond.Despite a growing bitterness in her later work, Rothman's films are not so much a cinema of social problems as one of social solutions.More than anything else (and perhaps even more commercially damning than working in restrictive genres), Rothman's films are contemporary comedies of manners, centered around attitudes, around the way that style serves as both an expression of and a screen for meaning.