Directed by:
Sam LevinsonScreenplay:
Sam LevinsonCinematography:
Ivan StrasburgComposer:
Ólafur ArnaldsCast:
Ellen Barkin, Ezra Miller, Kate Bosworth, Demi Moore, Thomas Haden Church, George Kennedy, Ellen Burstyn, Jeffrey DeMunn, Siobhan Fallon Hogan (more)VOD (2)
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As a single mother, Lynn has a tough time with her children. And this weekend is the last straw. On the way to the wedding of her eldest son, who grew up with his father, the misbehaviour of her three teenagers sends her up the wall. The dreaded meeting with her ex-husband and his intolerable second wife is still to come, and goes pretty much as badly as she expected. To add to her stress, Lynn has to avoid her parents and her alcoholic sister at this tragicomic family gathering, or face criticism from them over the conduct of her uncontrollable children. Lynn makes every effort to reach out to her relatives – but each attempt at contact is blocked. (Zurich Film Festival)
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This film could have been a very good and dense drama set in an American wedding, but it works more as a background while family problems, old wrongs and scars come to the fore, but in the end it is a mediocre film that didn't exactly meet with a great response, which on the one hand is not surprising. So why the nice and solid three stars?! First of all for the performance of Ezra Miller, fwho was very fitting in the role of the naked young man standing on the edge of the abyss, and also for Ellen Burstyn and George Kennedy, who despite their age can act much better than the other younger actors in the ensemble. Ellen Barkin came across as too affected, as did Demi Moore, which unites them, alongside their "Bakelite" visage. And I mustn't forget Ólafur Arnalds' wonderful score, whose melancholic sound highlighted the drama of many scenes. In short, a film in which there is too great a concentration of psychologically disturbed characters that ends up harming it in places.
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