A return to his small scale films after the epics Mr. Turner and Peterloo, this film is getting Oscar buzz for Marianne Jean-Baptiste as a mouthy malcontent DL would love.
Tatie Danielle 2.0?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 18, 2024 2:35 AM |
She’d fit right in here…on the BRF threads for sure
by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 18, 2024 3:21 AM |
Review: Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths”: I couldn’t bare the misery anymore
by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 23, 2024 10:06 PM |
I adore her.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 23, 2024 10:10 PM |
She is great-- Hope. she gets nominated!
by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 24, 2024 12:31 AM |
I watched an advanced screening of this movie at the Middleburg film festival and found it utterly irredeemable. It lacked plot and real meaning, and because of it was almost impossible to watch. There was no part of this film that I enjoyed, nor did anyone in my party who watched the film with me. If you value movies that make you feel anything other than wretched, I would highly recommend not watching this film. The actor's performances were commendable in the sense that I truly found Pansy to be the most unlikable character I have ever encountered. I left the theater feeling terrible, and I truly believe this was the worst movie I have ever watched. If I was not at a film festival, I would have walked out of the theatre.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 24, 2024 11:09 PM |
R7: Do you like Leigh's other films—particularly "Secrets & Lies"?
by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 24, 2024 11:43 PM |
Looks 👍. Beats most of the woke nonsense that came out of the UK in recent years.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | November 24, 2024 11:54 PM |
Mike Leigh's Hard Turds
by Anonymous | reply 10 | November 25, 2024 1:00 AM |
"Career Girls" was made the right after "Secrets & Lies" and is excellent.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | November 25, 2024 1:34 AM |
Lynda Steadman's performance in the flashbacks of Career Girls in Mike Leigh indulgence at its worst. As a wallflower with a disfiguring facial skin rash she is so mannered to be hilarious.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | November 25, 2024 7:21 PM |
I'm curious to see it. Mike Leigh's grimmest films are his best.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | November 25, 2024 8:32 PM |
Yeah, Americans have a hard time dealing with grim plots.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | November 25, 2024 9:24 PM |
I tightened up watching the preview because I have a sister who is in many ways exactly like this character. Tough, funny in a really quick, incisive way, but also progressively “removed” in her outlook and behavior. It’s really hard to find things to say to her, and just has hard to say them the right way.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | November 26, 2024 11:27 AM |
[quote]Marianne Jean-Baptiste as a mouthy malcontent DL would love.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as anything DL should love.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | November 26, 2024 11:39 AM |
It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, and is readying for a December 6 platform release before going wide in theaters January 10.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | November 26, 2024 6:34 PM |
I saw the trailer and I looked dreadful. They tried to get some jokes in but it all just fell flat.
If she pulls off a nomination for this I’ll be amazed.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | November 26, 2024 7:16 PM |
I love Marianne, but if I wanted to spend 2 hours with an angry, uneducated, misanthrope, I'd visit my mother.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | November 26, 2024 7:26 PM |
*angry, uneducated misanthrope
by Anonymous | reply 20 | November 26, 2024 7:28 PM |
Movie of the year, for me. It's brutal and heartbreaking and MJB is unmatched.
Very much feels of this moment where politics and the pandemic fucked all of our heads up royally.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | November 26, 2024 7:52 PM |
I adore Marianne. Was lucky enough to meet her at the National one evening and she was gracious enough to allow me to take a selfie. I wouldn't normally do such a thing but Secrets & Lies holds a special place in my heart. My schoolfriends and I still quote it at each other 25 years later.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | November 26, 2024 7:57 PM |
Hoozah. MJB won Best Actress at the New York Film Critics Circle awards.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 5, 2024 1:41 PM |
I love Marianne and Leigh's films are always fascinating character studies.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 5, 2024 2:42 PM |
[Quote] the epics Mr. Turner and Peterloo
Which no one has ever heard of
by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 5, 2024 2:50 PM |
[Quote] Yeah, Americans have a hard time dealing with grim plots.
Yes, that’s why it’s being released in the USA first, because “Americans have a hard time” with such films. 🙄
by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 5, 2024 2:53 PM |
[quote]Which no one has ever heard of
No one has time for Mike Leigh when there's all those Marvel movies to keep track of, is that it?
by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 5, 2024 5:22 PM |
I love Mike Leigh's movies. Happy Go Lucky is probably my favorite. I didn't really care for Naked even though it was his first big success. I will definitely watch this.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 5, 2024 7:40 PM |
That "happy-go-lucky" Poppy can go fuck herself.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 5, 2024 7:52 PM |
I’ll be watching as soon as it’s available.
I’m very happy for Marianne.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 5, 2024 8:49 PM |
...an astonishment of insults, barbs and accusations that she wields as both weapon and shield. A small woman with a large, yowling, at times monstrous mouth, Pansy volubly unloads on other people — family, friends, strangers, caregivers — the way some boxers throw punches, strategically, wildly, jabbing and slugging before retreating to her corner.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 5, 2024 10:58 PM |
R32 Sounds like a woman I was once married to.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | December 5, 2024 11:19 PM |
I've never quite warmed up to Mike Leigh's movies, except for Topsy Turvy and Secrets & Lies, both of which I think are masterpieces.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | December 5, 2024 11:27 PM |
I think about this moment in Secrets and Lies where social worker Lesley Manville fumbles through her purse and offers her a Rolo.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 5, 2024 11:29 PM |
[quote] Marianne Jean-Baptiste as anything DL should love.
And she's a great singer.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 6, 2024 12:15 AM |
..an astonishment of insults, barbs and accusations that she wields as both weapon and shield
I could have played that part. With the accent AND tears.
- Viola Davis.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 6, 2024 12:58 AM |
Time magazine - It’s a strange sensation, to end up loving a movie that makes you feel physically uncomfortable for nearly its whole runtime.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | December 7, 2024 5:50 AM |
Is Marianne Jean-Baptiste a descendant of John the Baptist?
by Anonymous | reply 39 | December 8, 2024 6:27 AM |
I loathe Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s voice. Absolutely hate it.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | December 8, 2024 6:43 AM |
Love him, esp his older movies!
by Anonymous | reply 42 | December 9, 2024 3:39 PM |
Oh No Marianne snubbed for Golden Globe.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | December 10, 2024 2:06 AM |
This looks good. Black Brits, white Brits, sexy Indian Brits. I just love Brits.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | December 10, 2024 2:14 AM |
Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays a woman at war with the world, and herself, every minute. She practically vibrates with belligerence: She can’t go to the grocery store without having a run-in with the cashier; her husband has given up trying to be kind and mostly avoids her; her grown son spends most of his time locked in his room, watching aviation videos—his only relief is to leave the house for long walks, the better to escape his mother’s angry force field. Why would you care about this woman’s story? For much of the film you may be yearning to get away from her. I was.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | December 11, 2024 1:56 AM |