Rachel getting married
Or Kym and her loneliness
There are many movies in the history of Hollywood that make you feel sad and blue. In many of them they are stereotypical; they use some tricks in order to bring tears to viewers' eyes. Some of them are sturdy, some of them are not. But still there is another kind of doleful movies that follow their ways individually. This movie, Rachel getting married, belongs to that group.
Movie starts suddenly with Kym, our leading role, in the yard of a rehab and we understand that she was a drug addict. Also we can feel some sort of strong and independent personality in Kym. She was away from home in a rehab in the middle of nowhere so it's not strange that she is independence. Just a glance to way she smokes the cigarette can reveals this fact. For the director it's not important why Kym became addictive in adolescence, how she caused her brother's death and when she was sent to that rehab. It seems that you are reading a book but not from its beginning. In this movie it's not important when and where we are, because time is stopped for Kym. There is no progress in her life. We can see insanity and losing identity in her personality. She needs some answers, but the problem is she doesn't know what the questions are. Let's back to the story: Rachel, her older sister, getting married and it's the reason they (managers of the rehab) let her to stay with her family for a few days during the wedding ceremony. She notices that the others treat with her as if she is dangerous. We see all the things behind Kym's glasses, so we have her feelings toward her environment as well. Maybe when her father don't let her to drive a car, he just did it because he thought that it's not a good time for her to drive a car and maybe she would lose car's control and make a trouble. But Kym just feel that they ignore her, they don't trust her anymore, and they don't want her to stay with them. There are some special meetings that Kym must participate in them. They are about sharing the feeling of addictive people; some sort of opening up the souls and hearts. We find her so dependent, so lonely when she shares. Maybe she deserved a better life but it was all her fault and she saw a gradual desolation that ruined her life. She can't see any salvation when she talk with her mother and called herself a junkie and you can see it in her eyes. "I can live whit it, but I can forgive myself, and sometimes I don't wanna believe in god that could forgive me. But I do want to be sober. I'm alive and I'm present and there is nothing controlling me. If I hurt someone, I hurt someone. I can apologize and they can forgive me or not. But I can change". All a can see is Kym's depression. She's giving up but she doesn't want to admit it that it's a submission to what destiny is. There is no "the end" in this movie because every thing was finished long times ago.
I remember Anne Hathaway in " Devil wears prada " a good movie starring Meryl Streep about fashion companies and also in " Became Jane ".She was inexperience there but in no time she could make it happen and nominated for Oscar in this movie .although she lost the competition and Kate Winselt won but it can't lower her values in this role and I can see a bright future for her. She has a unique performance that shows her talents and skill in playing not with body physics but with face, eyes, and silence. Eyes are the windows that show the true feelings and Anne Hathaway can do it heart and soul.
The movie "Rachel getting married" has also a special form of directing, editing and a very unique cinematography that makes you feel that all of the scenes are recorded in a simple Handy Cam and maybe you feel that it's some kind of documentary!
Talking about the music, I saw in one scene that a person (probably Iranian) playing music with a Santoor! In general the original score of this movie is so blue and so sad; in a way that makes you feel loneliness.
At the end, I suggest this movie for those who want to watch a simple movie that is also well-built and remember two things:
1. Making a simple movie is not always simple especially when the movie is about someone's feeling.
2. Simple is beautiful!
Or Kym and her loneliness
There are many movies in the history of Hollywood that make you feel sad and blue. In many of them they are stereotypical; they use some tricks in order to bring tears to viewers' eyes. Some of them are sturdy, some of them are not. But still there is another kind of doleful movies that follow their ways individually. This movie, Rachel getting married, belongs to that group.
Movie starts suddenly with Kym, our leading role, in the yard of a rehab and we understand that she was a drug addict. Also we can feel some sort of strong and independent personality in Kym. She was away from home in a rehab in the middle of nowhere so it's not strange that she is independence. Just a glance to way she smokes the cigarette can reveals this fact. For the director it's not important why Kym became addictive in adolescence, how she caused her brother's death and when she was sent to that rehab. It seems that you are reading a book but not from its beginning. In this movie it's not important when and where we are, because time is stopped for Kym. There is no progress in her life. We can see insanity and losing identity in her personality. She needs some answers, but the problem is she doesn't know what the questions are. Let's back to the story: Rachel, her older sister, getting married and it's the reason they (managers of the rehab) let her to stay with her family for a few days during the wedding ceremony. She notices that the others treat with her as if she is dangerous. We see all the things behind Kym's glasses, so we have her feelings toward her environment as well. Maybe when her father don't let her to drive a car, he just did it because he thought that it's not a good time for her to drive a car and maybe she would lose car's control and make a trouble. But Kym just feel that they ignore her, they don't trust her anymore, and they don't want her to stay with them. There are some special meetings that Kym must participate in them. They are about sharing the feeling of addictive people; some sort of opening up the souls and hearts. We find her so dependent, so lonely when she shares. Maybe she deserved a better life but it was all her fault and she saw a gradual desolation that ruined her life. She can't see any salvation when she talk with her mother and called herself a junkie and you can see it in her eyes. "I can live whit it, but I can forgive myself, and sometimes I don't wanna believe in god that could forgive me. But I do want to be sober. I'm alive and I'm present and there is nothing controlling me. If I hurt someone, I hurt someone. I can apologize and they can forgive me or not. But I can change". All a can see is Kym's depression. She's giving up but she doesn't want to admit it that it's a submission to what destiny is. There is no "the end" in this movie because every thing was finished long times ago.
I remember Anne Hathaway in " Devil wears prada " a good movie starring Meryl Streep about fashion companies and also in " Became Jane ".She was inexperience there but in no time she could make it happen and nominated for Oscar in this movie .although she lost the competition and Kate Winselt won but it can't lower her values in this role and I can see a bright future for her. She has a unique performance that shows her talents and skill in playing not with body physics but with face, eyes, and silence. Eyes are the windows that show the true feelings and Anne Hathaway can do it heart and soul.
The movie "Rachel getting married" has also a special form of directing, editing and a very unique cinematography that makes you feel that all of the scenes are recorded in a simple Handy Cam and maybe you feel that it's some kind of documentary!
Talking about the music, I saw in one scene that a person (probably Iranian) playing music with a Santoor! In general the original score of this movie is so blue and so sad; in a way that makes you feel loneliness.
At the end, I suggest this movie for those who want to watch a simple movie that is also well-built and remember two things:
1. Making a simple movie is not always simple especially when the movie is about someone's feeling.
2. Simple is beautiful!
Movie's score: ****
3 comments:
Splendid,stupendous,superb,AWESOME!
Man,you are the man!
Best wishes.
i wish you success my friend
Hi darling,
You are a great critic! I realy appriciate your analytical mind.
Wish you luck,
S.J.
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