An average movie

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, the one played by Julia Roberts because all of the other characters were not enough developed above all as there were too many of them. Still, the cast was pretty neat. Above all, Julia Roberts gave here a very rare challenging performance and, of course, Meryl Streep completely nailed it once again but, at this point, I wouldn’t expect less from her. Furthermore, this movie displayed some of the mightiest arguments I have ever seen in a movie. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it is worth a look though, if only to see Julia Roberts playing for once an interesting character.