25 May 2003. This was a gem of a movie that held heart and subtle moments of deep, resonating insight for women. There storylines and narrative work together...particularly the last portrait with Paula who picks up a young hitchhiker after running off and finding out she's pregnant. The narrative is surprisingly non-intrusive and the contradictions of emotions by the end of the movie are such that they are perfectly balanced against one another to make complete sense. The first portrait of Delia is a raw exposure to an unlikely female character who herself faces a very unlikeable husband. Yet by the end of the movie a sense of female resolution, even of the moderate moment in her life is priceless and filled with a strongs sense of identity and self-hood. It is only the incongruous second portrait which begs the question - of love and success. It is with Greta that by the end of the its conclusion I am perplexed by its logic and bewildered by its emotions - leaving me unsatisfied almost as Greta is with her tears.
It is difficult to evaluate a seven out of ten star movie because in order for this movie to succeed it required something not so commercial and smooth, polished. These intimate little gems succeeded just because they were rough. It is only with reluctance that I proceed to only give this movie a seven and use the excuse that the second portrayed left me puzzled instead of satisfied.
It is difficult to evaluate a seven out of ten star movie because in order for this movie to succeed it required something not so commercial and smooth, polished. These intimate little gems succeeded just because they were rough. It is only with reluctance that I proceed to only give this movie a seven and use the excuse that the second portrayed left me puzzled instead of satisfied.