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Complex Mother/Daughter Relationships on Screen
Totoro's 2022 Movie Diary (115 movies items)" JUNE 08, 2022 August: Osage County (2013, dir: John Wells) Cast: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Juliette Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch My rating: 5/10 Watched on TV"
“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a fine cast involved, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, eventually, I wasn’t really convinced by the damned thing to be honest. Basically, even though the material definitely had some potential, the main issue was that there was just too much stuff going on, too many characters involved in too many sub-plots. Take Meryl Streep’s character for example, her husband just killed himself, she had cancer, she was a drug addict and she had a mean and vicious temper. That was already a lot to deal with but she also had one sister and three daughters and they all had some baggage, skeletons in the closet or other major issues to deal with. In my opinion, it would have worked better if Violet only had one daughter” read more
Ewan McGregor Films Viewed by Kathy (23 movies items)" Director: John Wells Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Julianne Nicholson, Margo Martindale, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Dermot Mulroney, Sam Shepard and Misty Upham A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them."
George Clooney Films Viewed by Kathy (15 movies items)" Director: John Wells Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Jean Doumanian and Steve Traxler Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Sam Shepard and Misty Upham A dysfunctional family reunites in the familial house when their patriarch suddenly disappears."
Mid-Year Oscar Predictions - 2013 (10 movies items)"Results: NOT nominated for Best Picture ZERO Wins TWO nominations for Lead and Supporting Actress. "
ADG Award for Best Cont. Production Design: 2010s
Favorite Female Characters/Performances of 2013 (18 movies items)" Julia Roberts as Barbara Weston Meryl Streep as Violet Weston Margo Martindale as Mattie Fae Aiken "
1 - Benedict Cumberbatch! (15 movies items)" I just felt so bad for his character in this movie. I thought his relationship and love for his girl friend was too precious. They think they are cousins. We find out in the end that she's his half sister and that doesn't go over very well. IMO it's not the end of the world. They can still be close, have a life together. They can even move away from their family and change their names. I have a very skewed moral system. Let them be together. Over all this movie was depressing and hard"
Oscars Part II - Movies of 2013
Meryl Streep Films Viewed by Kathy (26 movies items)" Director: John Wells Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Julianne Nicholson, Margo Martindale, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Dermot Mulroney, Sam Shepard and Misty Upham A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them."