Tully (2018) (Review)

Tully: A film by Ivan Reitman‘s son, Jason Reitman. It’s the story of a desperate mother of three who develops an unexpected friendship with the night nanny for her newborn baby.

I’m sorry this film isn’t even better. It’s touching… but there are scenes that just won’t touch everyone and may even shock. Indeed, there are limits that are crossed rather quickly, and not everyone is understanding or open-minded. Ambiguity can be extremely embarrassing.

Charlize Theron and Mackenzie Davis are the main characters in this film. So much so that the male character, Ron Livingston, becomes almost useless, even effete. What’s more, he’s reduced to someone who goes to work, but we never see him at work. His kids are all happy when he comes home, so he gets to play the part, unlike the mother who toils all day and, after eating with the family, ends up on his bed playing video games while his wife continues to look after the kids she’s already seen quite a bit of during the day.

Charlize is an actress who fears nothing. She can be one of the most beautiful women in the world, but she doesn’t hesitate to play roles where she’s deformed, dirty, poor, and tired all the time. Yet another admirable actress whose love for her hard work is undeniable. Both as an actress and as the overworked mother in this film. Not only is she pregnant, but she already has two children, one of whom is rather problematic. She hesitantly and painfully enlists the help of a nighttime babysitter played by Mackenzie Davis, who we quickly fall for from the start. We wonder if she’s always like this in her roles, if we’ve seen her somewhere before… But after she takes all the tension out of the film, after a few nights, she creates more. And that’s when you feel the husband’s helplessness, but also the mother’s dependence for help.

I think I’ve said enough ! A film by Ivan Reitman’s son, Jason. It’s hard for me to judge him.
I haven’t seen his major films like Juno, In The Air or Young Adult (also with Charlize!). But I loved his Last Days of Summer and he corrected that by making a Ghostbusters 3 to save the franchise. I think he made about 9 films. Another one I saw and loved was “Thank You for Smoking” with its very interesting concept.