An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Julianne Moore, I thought I might as well check it out. Eventually, it’s only afterwards that I discovered that it was actually directed by Sebastián Lelio, the director of the very solid ‘Una mujer fantástica’, and this movie was in fact a remake of Lelio’s own movie called ‘Gloria’, a movie which I haven't seen yet. Well, once again, I really enjoyed Lelio’s realitisc approach. Indeed, the characters felt really authentic, with some real life, some real jobs and some real problems. However, if this approach was one of the biggest assets of this movie, it was also probably its downfall as well, I’m afraid. I mean, it’s rather funny that, on most of the websites, they say this movie is dealing with ‘a free-spirited woman’ but I thought she was actually just plain average which wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, in the contrary. Anyway, the bottom line was that, even though I was intriguing by what Gloria was going through, I was never really fascinated though. At least, it was a good thing that she was played by such a charismatic actress like Julianne Moore. Indeed, Moore is really a fine actress and she was once again really good here. Concerning John Turturro, he is also a solid actor and he did what he could but it was pretty much impossible to root for this character after he randomly ditched Gloria not once but twice. Coming back on Gloria, I wish I knew more about what happened her during the 12 years between her divorce and the present days. Did she have a string of failed relationships? Was she single all this time? Anyway, to conclude, even if it never really grabbed me, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you want to see another fine performance by Julianne Moore.