The premise is a middle age woman, Leda, takes a holiday alone to a Greek island where she comes into a contact with a very boisterous family. One family member she notices is the young mother Nina and becomes a little fixated on her. Slowly Leda's relaxing holiday unravels.
This film I can say has a moral to the story. Actually two.
1. Some people are not meant to be parents.
2. Society is so fixated with woman being mothers that it forces a woman in a role she might not want or not mature enough to handle. Also, the ones who do resist are looked down upon.
My breakdown:
The Good: The acting by Olivia Coleman and Jesse Buckley.
The musical score.
The plot is cohesive (no sub plots or plot holes)
The Bad: The dialogue is a little clunky.
There were a few times I had turn up the volume to hear what the characters were saying.
A few times the film drags.
The Ugly: None here.
Overall it is a good movie. It's a good directorial debut by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
It's a slow burn movie with little to no action.
The ending is ambiguous
If you like thinking and character driven films this is for you.
This film I can say has a moral to the story. Actually two.
1. Some people are not meant to be parents.
2. Society is so fixated with woman being mothers that it forces a woman in a role she might not want or not mature enough to handle. Also, the ones who do resist are looked down upon.
My breakdown:
The Good: The acting by Olivia Coleman and Jesse Buckley.
The musical score.
The plot is cohesive (no sub plots or plot holes)
The Bad: The dialogue is a little clunky.
There were a few times I had turn up the volume to hear what the characters were saying.
A few times the film drags.
The Ugly: None here.
Overall it is a good movie. It's a good directorial debut by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
It's a slow burn movie with little to no action.
The ending is ambiguous
If you like thinking and character driven films this is for you.