Just a filmmaker, not a film critic.
he could be making some of the greatest contemporary comedies (albeit a low bar these days) if he just figured out how to pull of a third act. I still prefer this to whatever Ruben Östlund is doing with satire. Had me nodding like the Jack Nicholson GIF for the first hour and then slowly drifting off by the end. The DJ bit at the wedding nearly resurrects it. Great performance moments overall.
There's a shot in this with Kate Winslet in the bathtub with blue-ish lighting that looks like it could be straight out of the Titanic. There is so much about this movie that I love, the depiction of a friendship turned relationship between two young women is quite unique and interesting for Jackson to focus on given the grim outcome of their story. That said, it really falls apart in it's more fantastical sequences for me. Reasonably, the film wants…
About 20 minutes before the film ends there is a momentary collapse of all sounds. I don't think I've ever heard silence quite like it. I could hear my heart throbbing in my ears -- a painful sting coupled with a quiet panic as my senses became temporarily heightened and numbed all at once. A brief glimpse into passing?
Yeah, pretty great film.
