Michael's Movie Grade: A-
Review: A very thought provoking and engaging movie, that works so well because it always feels honest.
Some of the story of this movie is very familiar to those who know their art-house movies. However it works so well because the movie feels so honest that it never feels like it is trying to copy any other movie. The film instead feels original and new, because you completely believe what is happing on screen. This honesty comes both from Diablo Cody's highly intelligent script and Charlize Theron's fantastic performance. This is also a movie that is not afraid to make you unsure how you are supposed to feel. There are a few scenes here, which left me not knowing whether I should feel happy, creeped out, sad or what. However this is how real life is and these moments perfectly pull me into the movie I was watching. In fact this mood is set up perfectly by how the film opens. We see our main character brushing her son all over his body. How we are supposed to react to this is a complete mystery to us at this time, but it helps us understand we are going to watch a film that will challenge us and not explain every little thing to us. This is just what the movie provides and it does so in an incredibly moving and thought provoking way. I rather not go more into this film's story because it is definitely a movie that needs to be seen to be experienced.
By the way hug your mother.
-Michael J. Ruhland
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