Tully
Tully is a tricky movie to review on two levels. First, all the way through I thought this film was a charming character-study lifted above the ordinary by some brilliant dialogue and some very sympathetic acting. It’s hard to review that because so much of it basically requires setting the whole scene. Second, and even harder to review this film ends with a twist and a fake out twist that threw both of us to think a different ending was coming. However, the twist that did arrive was signalled and did make sense too, so it didn’t feel like a cheat. Essentially the story follows Marlo mother of two and, as we start the film, very pregnant with her third. Although she is coping, it is close. Her second child has unspecified behavioural problems (they looked a lot like autistic spectrum disorder with ADHD and something else added to me). She gives birth shortly into the film and lack of sleep with a new-born adds to the stress. Her brother, who is wealthier and seems to have a perfect ho