Friday 4 May 2018

Tully (2018)

Tully is one of those great films which isn't about what you think it's about. The team behind Juno and Young Adult once again veers of the typical path to bring us an insightful story which gets under the difficulties with parenting in this age. Theron adds another excellent performance to her repertoire. Overall Tully is a sweet success.

Tully is one of those films which is hard to talk about what makes it so good without spoiling it. What I can say is I appreciated the understated nature of the film. Director Reitman films the story is the hushed tones of the evening, contrasting small moments of stress, making those parenting moments stand out even more for the contrast. Tully is about finding oneself as one is being lost in the sea of adulting, parenting, and spousing. It's about holding on to who we are. Writer Cody's approach is once again brutal in honesty but gentle in grace. And Theron is a striking portrait of parenting, reminding us of the human being in the mom.

I'm not sure Tully doesn't rush its climax a little but I remained satisfied. Perhaps the end is a bit optimistic. Yet I think Tully is reaching for that. Theron's Marlo is going to make it, her whole family will. And this is a window into how and why.

Tully may surprise you. It also might make you slightly uncomfortable. And all of that is good.

Tully
Starring: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, Mark Duplass
Director: Jason Reitman
Writer: Diablo Cody

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