Day: July 30, 2016

Kathryn Bigelow is known for her adrenaline-packed movies, and so this surprised me with its subtly.  Two stories of women and relationships play out over the run-time and both are fascinating to scratch away the layers.  Sarah Polley was her usual good self and Catherine McCormak’s performance* was also quite good too.

Cost: free from work-sponsored Netflix
Where watched: at home

*You wouldn’t know it from the poster, but she’s the main character.  She’s the one in the lower left corner, kissing Sean Penn with her back to the camera.

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2002/weight_of_water.html
I really hate this poster.  The movie is about the women, not Sean Penn!

I feel like maybe this could have been a good movie, and also a franchise, but something didn’t translate well to screen.  Part of the problem was Ashley Sommers performance, which was either terrible, or she was directed to act in the manner of a 40s-era rapid-fire female lead.  Those bodachs (the grabby things in the poster) were nicely creepy crawly and Yelchin did his usual good job, but this movie was just a so-so venture.

Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2013/odd_thomas_ver7.html