Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays a very angry British woman named Pansy in Mike Leigh's “Hard Truths.” She walks through life like a tornado of discontent, lashing out at anyone who dares cross her path, whether it's a stranger or a family member.
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We all have days like that, when we snap at strangers for a minor infraction: The person who wants the spot in the parking lot that you’re not ready to leave, the couple behaving a little inappropriately in a public place, the chipper doctor making pleasantries when you’re in pain. It’s the stuff road rage is made of: Irrational, primal, real and inescapable. Sometimes it’s a loving family member that bears the brunt of the fury.
It is a truly blistering performance from Jean-Baptiste, reuniting with Leigh after many years, in a collaboration that was entirely worth the wait and speaks volumes for his brilliant, unconventional process. And it is deeply silly that she’s already been overlooked for it from Pansy is, of course, the biggest tragedy of all, a human so lost in their own resentments, manifested or real, that she may never get out of it. Sure she makes everyone’s life a little miserable when she’s around, but she’s having the worst time of all and it never, ever ends. Chantelle tries to remind her that she has a choice in the matter. You wonder if she believes or even hears her, or if she’s just too far gone.
“Hard Truths,” a Bleecker Street release in theaters Friday, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for language. Running time: 97 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.
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