Synopsis
Everyone gets old. Not everyone grows up.
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
2011 Directed by Jason Reitman
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Charlize Theron Patton Oswalt Patrick Wilson Elizabeth Reaser Collette Wolfe Jill Eikenberry Richard Bekins Mary Beth Hurt Kate Nowlin Jenny Dare Paulin Rebecca Hart Louisa Krause Elizabeth Ward Land Brian McElhaney Hettienne Park John Forest Rightor Doyle Brady Smith Tim Young Erin Darke Jee Young Han Ella Rae Peck Aleisha Allen Matt Wilson Orlagh Cassidy Charles Techman Emily Meade Neil Hellegers Michael Nathanson Show All…
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idk as someone who has lived their entire life shrinking from conflict, unable to stand up for herself or say no, terrified of other people and with no self confidence, i must grudgingly admit that it is refreshing and empowering to see a woman be such a selfish unapologetic miserable asshole
Yooooo this is a thoughtfully directed, well-acted, female written story that deals with mental illness and just, you know, life in a genuine and earnest way. Why does it have such a middling reputation??? Charlize and Patton knock it out of the park. Definitely an underrated gem from 2011.
“It’s really difficult for me to be happy. And then for other people it just seems so simple.”
Fucking brutal.
my absolute favorite movie genre is the one where hot women are allowed to be gigantic pieces of shit
“Buddy Slade has a life! No, he has a baby. And babies are boring!”- Mavis Gary
Representation for women who are depressed, mean-spirited losers😒 who drink too much bourbon🥃 & live in sweatpants.
But I swear, I would never be that mean to a dog🐶 or try to wreck a relationship🤵👰♀️.
Nihilistic classic🖕. I adore this movie & hate that I relate so much to her.😩
I need more movies about horrible women.
this film is a terrifying exposé of how locals operate. although they may seem happy with so little, care for quaint families, and never leave their humdrum lives while we instead suffer with alcoholism, depression, and isolation, at the end of the day, as patton oswalt's sister says... they're nothing, might as well die!
Raw reality.
I loved how anti-hollywood this was. All of these types of films usually give the main character some kind of arc, have epiphanies, learn more about themselves, heal, change for the better, etc. But not for Mavis.
I think that this would be the perfect follow-up to those movies where everything in High School sort of just goes right. You know, the one’s that have some drama between the popular kids & not so popular kids that’ll eventually get a happy ending. It's very interesting to revisit these kinds of characters as adults— and realize that none of them really grew up
I sometimes find myself very much missing certain high school friendships that will never be the same.…