Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
As “one of the good ones”, to use his peers’ own description of him, a fall from grace for Pádraic Súilleabháin would be a long and heartbreaking one to watch. Which it is. The product of a loving home, the brother of a protective sister, and the caretaker of several animal companions, Pádraic has good reason to be the happy fellow he is. He is a man who is pleasantly unbothered by unnecessary and made up conundrums like whether his…
Manny becomes the personification of Hank’s past traumas. Manny knows nothing and has human physiological reactions to things that Hank has to explain. In his explanations he unravels harmful experiences or misunderstandings that have impacted him and he unlearns and learns new things.
An absurd exposure of human psyche, but it works. The ending reveals the main character, Hank, to be truly lonely and mentally ill, and so the fact that his soul searching has been so relatable throughout the film adds an even finer touch.