Tully (2018)
45KTully: Directed by Jason Reitman. With Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, Asher Miles Fallica. A struggling mother of three forms an unexpected bond with the night nanny hired to help with her newborn baby.
“Iu0026#39;ve not had the privilege of bearing a child. And after watching Tully, I am pretty sure that I made the right decision.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWant a non-mother to understand motherhood? Tully should be mandatory watching.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMost movies today invoke what seems to be mandatory montage to demonstrate the passage of time. Tully implements it as well, but to a most shattering effect.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWe watch a mother after the birth of her third child deal with the relentless feeding of a newborn. Itu0026#39;s shockingly real and Charlize Theron exposes a less-than-perfect self to near the same scale as she did in Monster, for which she won an Oscar.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe writer Diablo Cody and the director Jason Reitman impeccably portray a middle-class womanu0026#39;s aspirations for a better life for her children.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI credit Diablo Cody, who also wrote Juno and Young Adult (Charlize appeared in this one as well), for capturing the truth of motherhood.”
