I saw this as a coming of age story, somewhat belated in this instance, with the twist that in the end the main character doesn't find that elusive moment of redemption. Instead, she embraces the flawed person that she is and heads off into the world to fight the good fight, writing novels for young adults based non to subtly on her own deranged illusions of grandeur.
There is a commentary here. I think we're supposed to ask if a certain kind of woman should feel that they need to follow the traditional path for a woman as a mother & homemaker. And the commentary is that no, certain women should not follow the traditional path.
I can't really get into the struggle that the commentary presents, but I did enjoy this movie. It's quietly entertaining, but it has issues. There are a few threads in the narrative that seem cut short, things left unexplained. I watched it and felt that the tone was inconsistent because of this. It felt a little abstract at times, a little to surreal or weird, with those moments sort of left out there unexplained. The movie ends on a surreal moment in fact, that leaves quite a lot unexplained. I could stretch my imagination and come up with a fairly convincing reason for this as being her self centered attitude and extreme focus on the moment as it pertains to herself, but, its a bit of a stretch to draw conclusions from what isn't presented on film.
There is a commentary here. I think we're supposed to ask if a certain kind of woman should feel that they need to follow the traditional path for a woman as a mother & homemaker. And the commentary is that no, certain women should not follow the traditional path.
I can't really get into the struggle that the commentary presents, but I did enjoy this movie. It's quietly entertaining, but it has issues. There are a few threads in the narrative that seem cut short, things left unexplained. I watched it and felt that the tone was inconsistent because of this. It felt a little abstract at times, a little to surreal or weird, with those moments sort of left out there unexplained. The movie ends on a surreal moment in fact, that leaves quite a lot unexplained. I could stretch my imagination and come up with a fairly convincing reason for this as being her self centered attitude and extreme focus on the moment as it pertains to herself, but, its a bit of a stretch to draw conclusions from what isn't presented on film.