Let's count the ways. The cast is superb; picked because of their talent certainly, no? But that's it folks. Nothing in the story was told in an original way. Script ideas harvested from movies and soap operas. I can hardly believe the same screenwriter also wrote "Tender Mercies" - close to one of the best movies and a personal favorite.
Firth, Burstyn, and Bloom are never fail actors. Clarkson and Tamblyn were great although I had to give Clarkson a bit to show her stuff. Tamblyn is still in a breakout phase. Adult, attractive as both cute and pretty, well in control of the character's emotion.
So, how can I not love the movie. A story doesn't have to tie up loose ends but this movie leaves them all loose. Is Gus going to succeed and survive? Is Mary going to wake up or remain lost? Does Harris reap the rewards for being so stable and level headed? What is Willa's future, hum-drum or new opportunities at having a life. Only Georgina seems to have found redemption.
In a word, maybe more, painfully predictable, flat, holes abound, unfinished, and left dangling. Not much of a payoff for the viewer.
Yet, some will love it for reasons only they can explain.
Firth, Burstyn, and Bloom are never fail actors. Clarkson and Tamblyn were great although I had to give Clarkson a bit to show her stuff. Tamblyn is still in a breakout phase. Adult, attractive as both cute and pretty, well in control of the character's emotion.
So, how can I not love the movie. A story doesn't have to tie up loose ends but this movie leaves them all loose. Is Gus going to succeed and survive? Is Mary going to wake up or remain lost? Does Harris reap the rewards for being so stable and level headed? What is Willa's future, hum-drum or new opportunities at having a life. Only Georgina seems to have found redemption.
In a word, maybe more, painfully predictable, flat, holes abound, unfinished, and left dangling. Not much of a payoff for the viewer.
Yet, some will love it for reasons only they can explain.