August: Osage County
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kybearfuzzI got up late this morning, took a shower, grabbed lunch, and went to a matinee of August: Osage County. I wanted to catch it because of the previews I'd seen and I wasn't disappointed.
Due to a family crisis, three daughters (Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson, and Juliette Lewis) and their families come home to their ailing and caustic mother (Meryl Streep). What happens over the next two hours of the movie, I can only describe as the most amazing verbal smackdowns I've seen on screen. Every character is flawed, secrets are continuously revealed, and it's as though there are no filters on anyone's mouths. It's the most dreaded Thanksgiving dinner you can imagine times ten... and on acid.
It's often funny, often sad, sometimes both. I was curious and cautious, as usually anytime there are this many big-name stars in a movie, there is often a tendency for disaster. Luckily, that didn't seem to happen this round.
Needless to say, I was amazed and enthralled. I saw so much of my own family in these characters, except we're nicer to each other. I won't go into more of it, as I don't want to spoil it, but I highly recommend it.
Due to a family crisis, three daughters (Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson, and Juliette Lewis) and their families come home to their ailing and caustic mother (Meryl Streep). What happens over the next two hours of the movie, I can only describe as the most amazing verbal smackdowns I've seen on screen. Every character is flawed, secrets are continuously revealed, and it's as though there are no filters on anyone's mouths. It's the most dreaded Thanksgiving dinner you can imagine times ten... and on acid.
It's often funny, often sad, sometimes both. I was curious and cautious, as usually anytime there are this many big-name stars in a movie, there is often a tendency for disaster. Luckily, that didn't seem to happen this round.
Needless to say, I was amazed and enthralled. I saw so much of my own family in these characters, except we're nicer to each other. I won't go into more of it, as I don't want to spoil it, but I highly recommend it.
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Date: 2014-01-12 04:32 am (UTC)