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Mike Leigh's Hard Truths

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.

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by Anonymousreply 45December 11, 2024 1:56 AM

The Hollywood Reporter.

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by Anonymousreply 1September 18, 2024 2:15 AM

Tatie Danielle 2.0?

by Anonymousreply 2September 18, 2024 2:35 AM

She’d fit right in here…on the BRF threads for sure

by Anonymousreply 3September 18, 2024 3:21 AM

Review: Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths”: I couldn’t bare the misery anymore

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by Anonymousreply 4November 23, 2024 10:06 PM

I adore her.

by Anonymousreply 5November 23, 2024 10:10 PM

She is great-- Hope. she gets nominated!

by Anonymousreply 6November 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 Anonymousreply 7November 24, 2024 11:09 PM

R7: Do you like Leigh's other films—particularly "Secrets & Lies"?

by Anonymousreply 8November 24, 2024 11:43 PM

Looks 👍. Beats most of the woke nonsense that came out of the UK in recent years.

by Anonymousreply 9November 24, 2024 11:54 PM

Mike Leigh's Hard Turds

by Anonymousreply 10November 25, 2024 1:00 AM

"Career Girls" was made the right after "Secrets & Lies" and is excellent.

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by Anonymousreply 11November 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 Anonymousreply 12November 25, 2024 7:21 PM

I'm curious to see it. Mike Leigh's grimmest films are his best.

by Anonymousreply 13November 25, 2024 8:32 PM

Yeah, Americans have a hard time dealing with grim plots.

by Anonymousreply 14November 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 Anonymousreply 15November 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 Anonymousreply 16November 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 Anonymousreply 17November 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.

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by Anonymousreply 18November 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 Anonymousreply 19November 26, 2024 7:26 PM

*angry, uneducated misanthrope

by Anonymousreply 20November 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 Anonymousreply 21November 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 Anonymousreply 22November 26, 2024 7:57 PM

Hoozah. MJB won Best Actress at the New York Film Critics Circle awards.

by Anonymousreply 23December 5, 2024 1:41 PM

I love Marianne and Leigh's films are always fascinating character studies.

by Anonymousreply 24December 5, 2024 2:42 PM

[Quote] the epics Mr. Turner and Peterloo

Which no one has ever heard of

by Anonymousreply 25December 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 Anonymousreply 26December 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 Anonymousreply 27December 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 Anonymousreply 28December 5, 2024 7:40 PM

That "happy-go-lucky" Poppy can go fuck herself.

by Anonymousreply 29December 5, 2024 7:52 PM

I’ll be watching as soon as it’s available.

I’m very happy for Marianne.

by Anonymousreply 30December 5, 2024 8:49 PM

New York Times review

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by Anonymousreply 31December 5, 2024 10:40 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 Anonymousreply 32December 5, 2024 10:58 PM

R32 Sounds like a woman I was once married to.

by Anonymousreply 33December 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 Anonymousreply 34December 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 Anonymousreply 35December 5, 2024 11:29 PM

[quote] Marianne Jean-Baptiste as anything DL should love.

And she's a great singer.

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by Anonymousreply 36December 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 Anonymousreply 37December 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 Anonymousreply 38December 7, 2024 5:50 AM

Is Marianne Jean-Baptiste a descendant of John the Baptist?

by Anonymousreply 39December 8, 2024 6:27 AM

Interview with MJB

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by Anonymousreply 40December 8, 2024 6:38 AM

I loathe Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s voice. Absolutely hate it.

by Anonymousreply 41December 8, 2024 6:43 AM

Love him, esp his older movies!

by Anonymousreply 42December 9, 2024 3:39 PM

Oh No Marianne snubbed for Golden Globe.

by Anonymousreply 43December 10, 2024 2:06 AM

This looks good. Black Brits, white Brits, sexy Indian Brits. I just love Brits.

by Anonymousreply 44December 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 Anonymousreply 45December 11, 2024 1:56 AM
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