damini-06397
It's amazing how some movies have the power to tell complex stories through simple and predictable scripts. The complexity of this brand of storytelling lies in the depth of the central characters, each of whom have a beautiful journey of their own. Characters are not branded as heroes and anti-heroes, but just people. The film touches upon very basic human emotions in an honest way and leaves you feeling empathetic to each of the central characters, despite all their flaws.
Page and Janney are incredible in their respective roles. They get into the skin of the characters and add their own personalities to them, which is quite rare. Hope their work receives some recognition in the awards season.
Sailor-21
My wife and I both found this a small masterpiece.The writing is enchanting.The players are superb. Ellen Page never ceases to amaze. She is one very talented lady.Allison Jenney's work is always worth watching, never more so than in this flick.I found the Carolyn part played just a wee bit over the top.At a time when far too many movies are made for a young audience devoid of aesthetic sensibility, it's movies like this that rekindle love of film in the mature movie-goer.
moonspinner55
Ellen Page is excellent as a homeless young woman, cynical, hard-bitten and foul-mouthed, who abducts a toddler from its rich, neglectful mother and makes friends with her ex-boyfriend's estranged mother--under the guise that she's a single mom raising this woman's granddaughter all on her own. A hard movie to like, but also a movie impossible to dismiss, "Tallulah" is an impressive production purchased by Netflix that has many things to recommend it, not the least of which is an array of fabulous performances from the ladies in the cast. Unfortunately, filmmaker Sian Heder is a much better director than she is a writer, and the relationship between Tallulah and her boyfriend--a crucial element in the story--is not convincing (the problem is with his character, who simply does not ring true). Page is reunited with her "Juno" co-star Allison Janney, and the two have a special rapport that is, by turns, angry and bitter and lovely and moving. However, the arc of Janney's character isn't as profound as its meant to be (for instance, she's terrible and nasty to her soon-to-be-ex husband, who left her for another man), and the last portion of the plot is gummy and indecisive.
MovieHoliks
Allison Janney and Ellen Page (who collaborated previously in both "Juno" and "Touchy Feely") re-team up for this indie flick picked up by Netflix this past year, and it's a winner. I was looking at the origin of this screenplay, and the director/writer said they were inspired by their experiences working as a babysitter for Hollywood-type women who probably should never have become a mother in the first place, and at one point she actually left thinking she should've taken the kid with her. This movie has a slow start, but once it gets going, you really find yourself bonding with the characters. And Zachary Quinto ("Spock" from the "Star Trek" reboots) had a small part; I'm like, huh, that's IT-?? LOL
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