"Blush" (a.k.a., "Imaginary Order") showcased some snappy dialogue and creative situations in the life of the protagonist Cathy, who may be best described as a desperate housewife.
It is a constant struggle for Cathy to interface with her daughter Tara and her husband Matthew. The scenes early in the film had crackling humor as Cathy seeks to extricate herself from a variety of predicaments. Everything seems to go wrong in her basic human interactions.
When she housesits for her sister, her main task is to care for the cat, and the cat dies. She then becomes engaged in a bizarre relationship with the sister's neighbor, Gemma Jean. Then, an even more reckless relationship begins between Cathy and Gemma Jean's son Xander. Before she realizes it, Cathy has become a pill-popping version of Mrs. Robinson.
Just when the style seemed to be heading into pure farce, the tone shifted, and the film began to take itself too seriously. In the home stretch, Cathy tries to piece her life back together with only marginal success.
There might have been a more uplifting sense to "Blush" if Cathy could have lightened up about the foibles in her life. Instead, she turned inward with few results other than falling into a narcissism that merited pity more than the empathy.
It is a constant struggle for Cathy to interface with her daughter Tara and her husband Matthew. The scenes early in the film had crackling humor as Cathy seeks to extricate herself from a variety of predicaments. Everything seems to go wrong in her basic human interactions.
When she housesits for her sister, her main task is to care for the cat, and the cat dies. She then becomes engaged in a bizarre relationship with the sister's neighbor, Gemma Jean. Then, an even more reckless relationship begins between Cathy and Gemma Jean's son Xander. Before she realizes it, Cathy has become a pill-popping version of Mrs. Robinson.
Just when the style seemed to be heading into pure farce, the tone shifted, and the film began to take itself too seriously. In the home stretch, Cathy tries to piece her life back together with only marginal success.
There might have been a more uplifting sense to "Blush" if Cathy could have lightened up about the foibles in her life. Instead, she turned inward with few results other than falling into a narcissism that merited pity more than the empathy.