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Let's start with the female lead, the normal sized, normal looking, above and beyond beautiful and fabulous Melanie Lynskey. The movie begins with a tone of anguish and frustration with the world. Many reviews have said "depressed", I disagree, there is nothing depressed about this character. She's realistic. People act like assholes. Quickly, with a direction changing event, Ruth becomes empowered, not to add herself to the list of people acting like assholes, but to challenge them, and demonstrate the not OK-ness of disregarding people, and their value. Music is wonderful, the movie is shot often from behind Ruth, as she's walking deliberate and directed. She's solemn in her style, and purpose. Her deadpan delivery, and focus, make this a wonderful movie.

I'm sorry, I honestly know from experience how hard it is to make a movie, all that goes into it, the money, time, heart, everything. But, this movie is terrible. Acting is stiff and misses every opportunity and or mark for authenticity, the story is missing big pieces and is full of unclear antecedents. There are skips in editing, that are so glaring, even when one is trying to make a go at getting something out of this movie, it's made impossible. Continuity of costumes and scenery do not exist within this movie's world. I had hopes, I picked it up off the shelf, thinking, why have I never heard of this? That, is the only question I can answer.