I watched this movie last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. The title is a bit misleading in that the lead character (Daisy Ridley) is not suicidal or morose. Her thoughts about dying probably arise as a result of her rather boring routine life as a young woman with limited social skills; these thoughts are interspersed in the movie as several surreal but not morbid moments.
This is not your typical "rom-com." There is tentative romance, but only awkward moments of comedy. The overall experience of watching the movie is to spend an hour and a half experiencing the life of an intelligent attractive young woman lacking in standard social graces. As what I would call a "slice-of-life" movie, it reminded me of the equally quiet and introspective movie "Perfect Days."
Readers are invited to leave their own reviews in the comments.
I always try to watch your pics, Stan, and I thoroughly enjoyed this. Seems like a foreign film in English. Sensitive, not overblown.
ReplyDeleteThanks for adding your comment, Ken. Please do so on future movie recommendations as well, even when you don't agree with me. More reviews in the post make the post more useful to future readers.
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