Suze (2023)
49KSuze (2023). 1h 33m
“Suze is a successful professional woman, divorced, feeling possessive of their only child, daughter Brooke. She has been pressuring Brooke to drop her boyfriend, neu0026#39;er do well musician Gage, who is unable to finish high school. Suze is planning on Brooke to attend a local university while staying at home, and is shocked when Brooke heads off to McGill, a 6-hour drive away. Brooke proceeds to break up with Gage by text message, then ghosts both of them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAfter a suicide attempt, Gage ends up under the care of Suze, whose dislike grows into a bonding experience, as both miss Brooke, and both turn out to be otherwise lonely people. That part of the plot has a parallel with the teacher-student duo in The Holdovers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is smart writing in the events and vignettes that flesh out the characters, with the theme that life happens, and you just have to deal with it.”
