Review of Tully (2018) by Dirigiblepulp — 06 Jun 2018

Charlize Theron has somehow become an underrated actress if you ask me. Yeah she's been a badass action heroine over the last few years, but I mean more than that. She is incredible in this - emotionally complex, alive, real in a way that doesn't feel like acting. The script is funny and poignant, it suggests that writer Diablo Cody has grown into a mom much like the title character, and her trademark hip witty dialogue is suppressed, only showing up as the occasional zinger from Marlo in what feels like a sudden upsurge of life for her, a part of who she used to be.

The movie is undone a bit by its "twist", a twist that's not really a twist if you have any wits about you, and one that doesn't make or break the movie but does hamper the middle third I feel. Too much time is spent examining the weird night nanny situation instead of Marlo being in a self-reflexive dialogue with her younger self.