Tully

Tully is a return to form for both director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody. Featuring great performances, an unflinching and engrossing look on motherhood and a witty, acerbic script. Tully is a film worth looking out for.

Tully was a pleasant surprise. This film intentionally has a strange & uncomfortable feeling to it, even when things are going well. The ending will frustrate some people, and it does simplify some complicated issues, but overall I found this movie to be enjoyable. And now my wife wants to hire a night nurse.

My wife and I watched this movie at home on DVD from our public library.

I have always been a big Charlize Theron fan, ever since I first saw her in 1998's 'Mighty Joe Young'. She was a producer for this movie and, in the lead role, gained 50 pounds to make the character authentic. She is really great here in a difficult role.

Here she is Marlo, she and her husband are also best friends, but as often happens he can't quite relate to her task of taking care of two young children, and on top of that she is very pregnant and about to deliver their new daughter.

As we watched the story develop, and Marlo gets a night nurse, Tully, who comes in at bedtime and takes care of the baby, the story seems to be taking a very strange twist. At the height of that strangeness Tully talks Marlo into driving into New York City for drinks at night after the baby and her husband are asleep.

When the story resolves itself completely it all makes sense, the overall thrust is how what we commonly know as postpartum depression can affect a busy mother.

From the same writer that gave us "Juno" and "Young Adult."

This movie says so much more than what is on the surface. Marlo a mother of 2, with one on the way is handling things just OK. The added stress of a newborn, a special needs kid and a darling girl tries to keep up. And true to life - things start falling apart. Her brother, with whom there is a not the greatest relationship, offers to get her a night nanny and it takes her awhile to take him up on it. And her life changes after first night of good sleep - and she and has a new friend too. She starts being able to handle her sons needs, take care of herself and slowly you learn what is behind it all. Many men and woman (who have not had children) do not understand the post-partum time - it is not easy all the time and with so many things on the plate of a mother with more children - it is hard. I was not prepared for the last part - but I am sure I will be thinking of it for quite awhile. To me a good movie is one that I still think about weeks later. I loved Diablo Cody's writing - again.

Greetings from Lithuania.

"Tully" (2018) isn't Jason Reitman's best movie - far from it. But it was a solid character study drama with some a bit unexpected ending, but to be honest i kinda felt what was going on, therefore it wasn't really a twist. The best things about this movie were solid performances by Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis and Ron Livingston. Script was solid and the story was truthful. Many moms will find this movie very true.

Overall, "Tully" is a solid movie to see it once. Its true to life and that was its strong side, and a bit of letdown maybe at the same time, as we see these things every day, and sometimes you just don't want to see it on a screen as well. Yet a nice movie to see it once.