- Starring: Ben Shenkman, Emily Kinney, Janel Moloney, Johnathan Tchaikovsky, Julie Fain Lawrence, Maggie Siff, Robin Weigert
- Summary: After a blow to the head, Abby (Robin Weigert) decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more. She needs to be Eleanor.
- Director: Stacie Passon
- Genre(s): Drama
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 12
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Mixed: 7 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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88The near-imperceptible finesse of Abby's characterization reflects writer-director Stacie Passon's effortless, interesting mix of richness and economy.
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Oct 5, 201387A bold film anchored by Weigert's impressive lead performance.
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80It is Weigert's performance that gives the film its mystery and charge. Playing seriously with identity, she draws the viewer ever closer. The way she never reveals everything is electrifying.
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60Although Weigert is convincing as Abby, Passon's attitude toward the character is hazy.
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60More and more, the film’s incisive realism seems at war with its ludicrous plot, until both finally just collapse, exhausted.
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60A fine sense of yuppie suffocation—Spin-class listlessness and workaholic disconnection—sets up this indie as a potential suburban satire.
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30Its characters are all too easily determined but never specific—or memorable.
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