Reese Witherspoon is coming back to romantic comedy in her latest film Home Again, which she plays a 40-year-old mother who moves home to LA after her marriage falls apart.

“It’s about that very particular post-divorce time, and the insecurity and guilt that comes with it — so it isn’t really a romantic comedy,” she said to Entertainment Weekly.

First-time writer-director Hallie Meyers-Shyer (daughter of director Nancy Meyers) added, “It’s a modern rom-com,” she says. “I noticed women were feeling comfortable getting divorced earlier in life, and I wanted to explore that trend.”

“It’s kind of beautiful to see a May-December romance the other way around. It’s good to put that out there and challenge social arrays… There’s a great love of cinema present in the film,” Reese said. “Hallie is very respectful of the real craftsmanship and the sincerity of people’s artistry.”

Read more at EW.

Home Again opens on September 8.