SPOILER: Here Jake Gyllenhaal reprises his role as the adolescent roue who somehow ends up bedding the lead (and much older actress) as he does here with Catherine Keener and with Jennifer Aniston in "The Good Girl". He is perfectly cast, though, with his dark sultry looks and scary wild eyes.
That distracting fact aside, this movie was wonderful!
The real life connection between Catherine Keener and Dermot Mulroney (real life marrieds) could have been exploited, but wasn't. Disappointing!
The only criticism I have is that the movie has no ending. SPOILER: You don't know if Ms. Keener will have to go to jail, or how her relationship with her husband ends up. The other actors' stories have missing endings as well. I guess that is the arty thing to do, but still, that was quite annoying to me!!
Brenda Blethyn isn't on camera enough and Emily Mortimer was fresh and truly lovely and amazing. I always love Catherine Keener's quirkiness, too. Brenda Blethyn really wasn't old enough (only 14 years her senior) to be the mother of Catherine, though, which really confused me at the outset of the movie when they were establishing the characters.
But all in all, I rated this movie a 7 out of 10. I recommend "The Good Girl", too!!
That distracting fact aside, this movie was wonderful!
The real life connection between Catherine Keener and Dermot Mulroney (real life marrieds) could have been exploited, but wasn't. Disappointing!
The only criticism I have is that the movie has no ending. SPOILER: You don't know if Ms. Keener will have to go to jail, or how her relationship with her husband ends up. The other actors' stories have missing endings as well. I guess that is the arty thing to do, but still, that was quite annoying to me!!
Brenda Blethyn isn't on camera enough and Emily Mortimer was fresh and truly lovely and amazing. I always love Catherine Keener's quirkiness, too. Brenda Blethyn really wasn't old enough (only 14 years her senior) to be the mother of Catherine, though, which really confused me at the outset of the movie when they were establishing the characters.
But all in all, I rated this movie a 7 out of 10. I recommend "The Good Girl", too!!