This feels so personal and yet it really resonates. A musical, but not the way you're thinking, where family and friends sing in pubs and doorways as they avoid the emotional brutality of empty marriages, frustrating family interactions, and almost-connections with friends who see the pain and yet cannot help.
This is an absolutely brutal watch from start to finish, though the first 20 minutes is REALLY brutal, with a portrayal of the family's father figure who is excellent in…
A masterpiece driven by one central performance and one question that ultimately is not as important as the way everyone involved tries to solve it. It's almost a shame that the conversation about this movie will always be that question -- did she do it -- when there's so much more happening here. I imagine I'll revisit this one and I wonder how this will sit with some time to think about it.
I had this mixed up with Syriana for whatever reason and realized I hadn't ever actually seen it. It's good, especially the glib, day-to-day reality of what should be shocking stuff, which is a motif you see in a lot of modern War on Terror/Drugs/Others/Etc movies but this is among the best realized versions of it. I just didn't ever really get into Emily Blunt's character. She brings what each scene needs and definitely does a great job, but beyond…
