MOVIE REVIEW: Julia Louis-Dreyfus receives some white lies in this relationship comedy.
The stakes of most people’s everyday lives and relationships are often relatively low. However, something as seemingly banal as the discovery of a white lie or an insecurity about our passions can become an insurmountable obstacle in our relationships and threaten to tear everything apart. Writer/director Nicole Holofcener understands the importance of these delicate interpersonal struggles and examines their aftermath in her latest movie,.
Beth and Don have a loving, carefree relationship. Both of them take pride in their work: Beth is an accomplished writer and professor, and Don is a successful therapist. Beth is in the initial stages of shopping her latest book around to agents. Despite her insecurities about whether or not it will live up to her last, Don is supportive and sweet, reassuring her she has something special on her hands.
Performances aside, the film also probes interesting ideas about our passions and creating things: Do we have to be good at doing what we love, or is it enough to just do it? From Beth’s writing to Don’s work as a therapist, it’s unclear whether they’re actually “good” at their jobs, but does it even matter if they’re doing what they can? Of course, the main questions remain the thorniest: Where’s the line between honesty and cruelty, and how do we navigate it in a relationship? The movie...
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