Guess what? It's snowy here today. I could give you a photo, but it's April and I don't want to reward the weather. It's getting ridiculous.
I went to see a film on Friday and enjoyed it so much I could have sat through it again straight away. The film was I Got Life (originally called Fifty Springtimes). This is the logline: 'A woman, separated from her husband, loses her job and discovers she's going to be a grandmother. Refusing to be pushed to the outskirts of society, she puts her foot down and decides to start over.' It was charming and funny and touching and uplifting and I loved it.
When I got home I looked up the reviews online and guess what? That snooty man in the Guardian, Peter Bradshaw, had given it a measly 2 stars. This was the same reviewer who gave 4 stars to the most execrable film I ever sat through - Greenberg. I could see I Got Life had flaws from a male, hardass reviewer's point of view, but 2 stars? Sally Howe of Plotting for Beginners and Plotting for Grown-ups would have given it 5. I would give it 4.
The film that Bradshaw liked that I hated was about a man of probably the same age as Bradshaw. I Got Life was aimed at older women. Do you see what I'm getting at in all my chuntering about star ratings?
Following your drift! I will keep a sharp lookout for for this movie, remind me a bit of a great favourite of mine called Bread and Tulips( pane e tulipani) set in Venice . A woman ( not middle aged, not young) is stranded in Venice and shapes a new life . I have no clear sense of what you might enjoy or not so caveat emptor : I watched Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri this weekend and loved it! It is funny and violent and heartbreakingly sad and funny again. I do feel fairly sure you might enjoy the dialogue.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the recommendation of Bread and Tulips, Marmee. I have made a note of it.
ReplyDeleteI have had mixed reports on Three Billboards. My daughter said it was too violent for me, and my friend (who is fairly tough) said the only on-screen violence is someone getting beaten up who deserves it and I could shut my eyes for that bit.
I am hoping it will be on the plane when I fly to Colorado in two weeks. This is where I catch up on a lot of films I have missed at the local cinema.