The Meddler (2015)

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   DaniloFreiles

   La versione in italiano non rende bene con la scena in cui va a trovare i parenti italo-americani perché nella versione in lingua originale alcune parole sono veramente in italiano mentre in quella doppiata parlano sempre in italiano (ovviamente) e, per tentare di dare un senso alla scena, parlavano in dialetto; ma non era lo stesso.
   
   Maltrattamenti degli animali sul set. 4 years 2 months ago
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   Siskoid

   How do you approach the third act of you life when the second was singularly focused on taking care of other people (a spouse, a child) who have since move on or passed away? The Meddler is a cute, mostly inoffensive, and sometimes touching answer to that question. Whatever familiarity its plot offers, Susan Serandon's performance as a recent widow and smothering mother makes the film a worthwhile one (well supported by Rose Byrne and J.K. Simmons). Sarandon's Marnie has too much time on her hands and transfers her attention to whoever will take it, keeping busy to stave off the grief she still feels for her dead husband, and faintly hurt by her daughter's frustration with her. You would imagine such a person would be annoying, and you'd be right, but you can't help but be sympathetic. While there's an omnipresent sadness there, the movie also has some funny and charming moments. Making Byrne's character a sitcom writer who uses her life as inspiration might have led to something metatextually clever, but it doesn't really. If the film is itself based on writer-director Lorene Scafaria's experience, then the way those scenes play out may be an apology. In any case, I predict mother and daughters who have difficult relationships will find a lot to relate to. 5 years 10 months ago
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   Nifa-Universe

   Personally wouldn't call it comedy, it wasn't really funny for me. But the general feeling I had by the end of movie is pleasing melancholy. 5 years 11 months ago

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