Stars: Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston, Asher Miles Fallica, Lia Frankland, Mark Duplass, Elaine Tan, Elaine Tan, Gameela Wright, Tattiawna Jones, Maddie Dixon-Poirier, Joshua Pak | Written by Diablo Cody | Directed by Jason Reitman
Director Jason Reitman, writer Diablo Cody and star Charlize Theron reteam after their semi-successful 2009 drama Young Adult, with another dramatic tale concerning the trials and tribulations of family and motherhood in that of Tully. A film that suffers from a final ten-minute reel that just about derails the interconnected tissue of events leading up to it. A similar issue, depending on one’s opinion that plagued and only affected the final product and initial entertainment of both 10 Cloverfield Lane and Split. Not completely cauterising the first two acts containing a heart wrenching and honest depiction of loneliness within motherhood, but drastically reducing them to a mere juvenile and condescending rebuttal on every single re-watch for all...
Director Jason Reitman, writer Diablo Cody and star Charlize Theron reteam after their semi-successful 2009 drama Young Adult, with another dramatic tale concerning the trials and tribulations of family and motherhood in that of Tully. A film that suffers from a final ten-minute reel that just about derails the interconnected tissue of events leading up to it. A similar issue, depending on one’s opinion that plagued and only affected the final product and initial entertainment of both 10 Cloverfield Lane and Split. Not completely cauterising the first two acts containing a heart wrenching and honest depiction of loneliness within motherhood, but drastically reducing them to a mere juvenile and condescending rebuttal on every single re-watch for all...
- 9/5/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
There are some filmmaking teams that just seem to bring out the best in each other. In terms of writers who pair with directors, few have the winning bond that scribe Diablo Cody has with auteur Jason Reitman. Between Juno and Young Adult, the pair have crafted some truly memorable cinema. This week, the duo team up again for Tully, which also marks their second union with star Charlize Theron (after the aforementioned Young Adult). This dramedy is a whole new type of flick for the trio, which is a definite compliment. All three have done tremendous work in the past, and this stands right up there with the best of it. In fact, few films in 2018 have been this good. The film is described on IMDb as such: “The film is about Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, who is gifted a night nanny by her brother.
- 5/3/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Coming from the director Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody, the Oscar-winning Juno writer who also penned Young Adult, we have reason to expect another smart, witty, real and watchable story peering into our everyday lives. With the terrific and unpredictable Tully, you will not be disappointed.
Perfectly timed for Mother’s Day, the pair is re-teamed with their Young Adult star, Oscar winner Charlize Theron, who plays Marlo, a dutiful mother of two who is now nine months pregnant with an unplanned No. 3. Married to a nice guy named Drew (Ron Livingston), who is predictably consumed by his own career and essentially leaves the parental heavy lifting to his wife, Marlo is a real earth mother — whether dealing with the school of her problematic and easily agitated son (Asher Miles Fallica), trying to pay attention to her awkward daughter (Lia Frankland) or plowing through an exhausting pregnancy with no one...
Perfectly timed for Mother’s Day, the pair is re-teamed with their Young Adult star, Oscar winner Charlize Theron, who plays Marlo, a dutiful mother of two who is now nine months pregnant with an unplanned No. 3. Married to a nice guy named Drew (Ron Livingston), who is predictably consumed by his own career and essentially leaves the parental heavy lifting to his wife, Marlo is a real earth mother — whether dealing with the school of her problematic and easily agitated son (Asher Miles Fallica), trying to pay attention to her awkward daughter (Lia Frankland) or plowing through an exhausting pregnancy with no one...
- 5/2/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Just in time for Mother's Day comes Tully, starring a firing-on-all-cylinders Charlize Theron as Marlo, a wife and mom of three, including a newborn. She's about to come apart at the seams, and you're about to say that you've seen this before. Think again.
Director Jason Reitman is guided at every turn by a deftly comic but deeply felt script from writer Diablo Cody – it's their third coloration after Juno and Young Adult – that keeps throwing a monkey wrench at our expectations. The movie is too probing, too attuned to...
Director Jason Reitman is guided at every turn by a deftly comic but deeply felt script from writer Diablo Cody – it's their third coloration after Juno and Young Adult – that keeps throwing a monkey wrench at our expectations. The movie is too probing, too attuned to...
- 5/2/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Jason Reitman reteams with screenwriter Diablo Cody for a marvellous movie about a struggling mother saved by a millennial Mary Poppins
In Tully, Jason Reitman’s third comedy with screenwriter Diablo Cody after the one-two gems of Juno and Young Adult, everything about parenthood is a lie. Marlo (Charlize Theron, terrific) is days away from giving birth to her third child, and she tells everyone things are great. “Such a blessing,” she mutters, almost reflectively—isn’t that what she’s supposed to say? Her husband Drew (Ron Livingston) is totally helpful, her special-needs son Jonah (Asher Miles Fallica) is progressing just fine, and as for the postpartum depression she suffered after Jonah’s birth, Marlo doesn’t mention it at all. In truth, Drew plays video games every night, Jonah is close to getting kicked out of his private school kindergarten, and Marlo’s wealthy brother Craig (Mark Duplass...
In Tully, Jason Reitman’s third comedy with screenwriter Diablo Cody after the one-two gems of Juno and Young Adult, everything about parenthood is a lie. Marlo (Charlize Theron, terrific) is days away from giving birth to her third child, and she tells everyone things are great. “Such a blessing,” she mutters, almost reflectively—isn’t that what she’s supposed to say? Her husband Drew (Ron Livingston) is totally helpful, her special-needs son Jonah (Asher Miles Fallica) is progressing just fine, and as for the postpartum depression she suffered after Jonah’s birth, Marlo doesn’t mention it at all. In truth, Drew plays video games every night, Jonah is close to getting kicked out of his private school kindergarten, and Marlo’s wealthy brother Craig (Mark Duplass...
- 1/26/2018
- by Amy Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
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