Seeing the trailer for the first time this is a movie that appealed to me as something a bit different, and it didn't disappoint.
I found it to be a thought-provoking and sympathetic (without being condescending) look at the effects of mental illness on the person affected and the people closest to them. I felt Michael Shannon did a great job conveying how much people are almost embarrassed to go and seek help because of the stigma associated with mental illness. The character is aware that things aren't like they should be, but he's supposed to be the strong family guy who doesn't talk about feelings and deals with his problems by himself. Jessica Chastain was excellent as the wife trying to stand by her troubled man.
The only negatives for me were that things move really slowly for the first hour and I thought the ending wasn't where the story should have ended up. Almost like it was trying to answer the viewers questions when it didn't have to. Sometimes you can't wrap a story or topic up neatly in a little box and I wish directors and producers would remember that more often.
I found it to be a thought-provoking and sympathetic (without being condescending) look at the effects of mental illness on the person affected and the people closest to them. I felt Michael Shannon did a great job conveying how much people are almost embarrassed to go and seek help because of the stigma associated with mental illness. The character is aware that things aren't like they should be, but he's supposed to be the strong family guy who doesn't talk about feelings and deals with his problems by himself. Jessica Chastain was excellent as the wife trying to stand by her troubled man.
The only negatives for me were that things move really slowly for the first hour and I thought the ending wasn't where the story should have ended up. Almost like it was trying to answer the viewers questions when it didn't have to. Sometimes you can't wrap a story or topic up neatly in a little box and I wish directors and producers would remember that more often.