It kind of sucked and I didn't care about anyone but the dad; the rest of the characters could frankly go jump in a lake for all I care. Most scenes started out very well, but then went on far too long (when the whole dishwasher scene went on and on and on and on and ON!!!!, I was basically like, "...am I missing something?!?!?!?"). Semi-weak and borderline cliche screenplay. It wasn't moving at all, though most of the acting was very real. The filming also gave me a headache. C+ overall.
Whoever thought the year would come that Anne fuckin' Hathaway was better in her Oscar-nominated performance than Meryl Streep?
Though, let's get one thing straight: Anne was good, not super great. From some of the reviews, you'd think she re-imagined Medea. At the beginning of the film, she had all these lines that I imagine were supposed to be funny, but she completely bombed the delivery of them. I can't complain about her Oscar nomination because some of her later emotional scenes were downright searing, but she doesn't deserve the win. Also, don't pretend she didn't play to all of Oscar's favorite tricks too: addicts and de-glamming (did we need to see her shaving her 'pits? Disgusting). And as an actress myself, the whole acting-behind-a-cigarette thing drives me INSANE.
Bill Irwin & Rosemarie DeWitt OMG. You two were flawless. Where's YOUR attention?
