Tully Reviews

I already saw this movie but, for some reason, I thought I might as well check it out again. Following ‘Young Adult’ which was loved by some but ignored by the rest of the world, Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody and Charlize Theron still decided to make another movie together. Well, to be honest, pretty much like with ‘Young Adult’, I struggled to connect with this flick. I mean, Theron gave here another really strong performance, no doubt about that, but there were just too many things that rubbed me the wrong way. First of all, it was another movie trying to prove that raising 2 or 3 kids has become apparently an impossible task nowadays which is something I find so annoying. Indeed, 80 years ago, many people used to have between 6 and 10 children and that must have been pretty tough but I keep hearing nowadays, especially in movies, people whining as soon as they have one kid which just gets on my nerves. Then, another thing that bothered me was, while Marlo was obviously exhausted and struggling to cope, her husband was playing video-games and focusing solely on his career. Of course, I’m afraid it was fairly realistic but it was just so infuriating for me because I was actually raised by my father while my mother was working and I was seriously committed and involved when my 3^rd child was born. Seriously, what prevented him from helping out in the evening, at night and in the week-ends? Finally, there were some recurring discussions about what was going with Jonah but I thought it was pretty obvious that the kid was apparently autistic and it should have been fairly easy to spot for the school staff and even more for the 3 doctors that they had apparently consulted regarding this matter. I know, I might sound like I didn’t like this movie at all but it was still a decent watch though. Indeed, the whole thing felt really genuine, it was one of the very few movies I have seen dealing with post-natal depression and Theron was just really impressive and, only for her performance, it is worth watching this flick. Anyway, to conclude, even if I think it turned out to be another disappointing director effort coming from Jason Reitman, it was not bad at all and I think it is still worth a look.