I so wanted and expected to love this.
And I really tried to. I can only assume that they were trying to portray the stunted emotional growth of an 18 year old banged up for 20 years but I just kept thinking "Why is he riding around on that ridiculous bike & acting like a teenager, and why would a 16 year old girl be interested in hanging out with a 38 year old man?"
I really hate to be judgmental. I love Edie Falco and I loved the premise of the film.
But to really engage with a film you have to be able to totally believe in the characters and although I really tried to, I just couldn't suspend my confusion and slight irritation.
As for Edie Falco's emotionally stunted, bombastic husband, why oh why would she not simply cut her losses and scarper with her daughter? It's not like she'd be doing her a disservice by removing her from such an absurdly dysfunctional parody of a relationship.
Unless if I'd persevered all of the above would have been clarified and resolved in the second half of the film.
And I really tried to. I can only assume that they were trying to portray the stunted emotional growth of an 18 year old banged up for 20 years but I just kept thinking "Why is he riding around on that ridiculous bike & acting like a teenager, and why would a 16 year old girl be interested in hanging out with a 38 year old man?"
I really hate to be judgmental. I love Edie Falco and I loved the premise of the film.
But to really engage with a film you have to be able to totally believe in the characters and although I really tried to, I just couldn't suspend my confusion and slight irritation.
As for Edie Falco's emotionally stunted, bombastic husband, why oh why would she not simply cut her losses and scarper with her daughter? It's not like she'd be doing her a disservice by removing her from such an absurdly dysfunctional parody of a relationship.
Unless if I'd persevered all of the above would have been clarified and resolved in the second half of the film.