Die My Love
Sometimes, the raw, loose emotions and dark humor of John Cassavetes’s movies seem to be in conversation with this film.
Sometimes, the raw, loose emotions and dark humor of John Cassavetes’s movies seem to be in conversation with this film.
Another in Kelly Reichardt’s canon of deceptively modest stories of ordinary people set within a specific place and time.
A bruising portrait of a man living on the margins of society.
The film wouldn’t work nearly as well without Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst and their palpable chemistry.
An exception to the rule that films limited mainly to one location can feel stagey and stifling.
It’s exciting to see Julia Roberts tackle a complicated, prickly character after being pigeonholed with the trivial moniker “America’s Sweetheart” in the past.
Though set in the pre-app, agonizing phone-waiting days of the past, the movie’s themes and struggles remain impactful and relevant.
The script is consistently funny and astutely written, where sorrow often collides with humor.