Review of Maudie (2016) by Larry M — 02 Aug 2017
Absolutely moving. I barely suppressed sobbing and it wasn't because there was gratuitous pathos. This was a movie that, for me, burrowed into the darkest, loneliest recesses of the viewer's experience (whether or not they imagined they had anything in common with the characters) -- the particular, somehow made universal.
Hawkins and Hawke, each broken/damaged in different ways, somehow begin to mend each other through small, dignified gestures, as delicate as Maude's brush strokes, changing the shape of their ugly pasts, whittling away bitterness, somehow empowering each other without erasing the souls they brought to each other in the first place.
An anthem for the forgotten, the abandoned, the underestimated who long to be loved and find the courage to love against profound odds.
This review of Maudie (2016) was written by Larry M on 02 Aug 2017.
Maudie has generally received very positive reviews.
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