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- 2018
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 35 m
- 2018
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 35 m
Summary Marlo (Charlize Theron), a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Mark Duplass). While at first hesitant to accept the extravagance, she comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny, Tully (Mackenzie Davis).
Directed By: Jason Reitman
Written By: Diablo Cody
- 2018
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 35 m
- 2018
- R
- Focus Features
- 1 h 35 m
Tully
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7.4
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Summary Marlo (Charlize Theron), a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Mark Duplass). While at first hesitant to accept the extravagance, she comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny, Tully (Mackenzie Davis).
Directed By: Jason Reitman
Written By: Diablo Cody
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 52 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
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12% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 52 Critic Reviews
75
88% Positive
46 Reviews
46 Reviews
12% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
I saw Tully twice. After my first screening, I wasn’t sure what to think of the ending. The second time, I was convinced of the film’s brilliance.
It’s barbed, bighearted, and brave.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 174 User Ratings
7.4
76% Positive
133 Ratings
133 Ratings
20% Mixed
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4% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 174 User Ratings
7.4
76% Positive
133 Ratings
133 Ratings
20% Mixed
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
4% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Reitman is often at his best when he can join forces with an exceptional actor, and Theron once again helps with the heavy lifting.
It’s a marvellous movie about the lies we tell ourselves to stay sane—and the reasons why we might need to tell the truth.
It's one of the more viscerally accurate portraits of parenthood, and specifically motherhood, that the movies have recently given us.
At its spiky, intermittent best, Tully is the best work Cody has done in the conventional feature format since “Juno.” And yet I’m all over the place on it.
This isn’t Cody’s most witty script, and the Oscar-winning Theron isn’t the most gifted at delivering these warmed-over one-liners.
"There is no there anymore"
Marlo, is just about to get birth for her third child, she already passes through a lot of struggle with her two first and have problems with her mental quality, she got depressed, a husband that spend a lot of time out of home, seeing that her brother suggests for her to get a babysitter for the night, and from that she got to learn a lot about herself. Directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody.
I learned so much with this movie, let's begin with that, this movie is definely the one that i have seen that better represents the maternity, before anything else this film made me reflect, like how much did Charlize's character seemed to suffer, how much struggle, how much rage and pain, with so many difficult, and the father was nowhere close most of the time, this movie got me to see that i gotta be better and i will help my wife and give my blood to help her and take care of our children, i really felt for Marlo in here and was wishing all the time for she to get better and help, so this movie is also this, a communication for men about having a child and taking care of it. Another thing is really big in this movie, is for you to understand that time flies, and you gotta be ready and accept, you can let your past help you, yes, but don't let it get on your back like an extra weight, because that could turn in a big regret. The movie does a great job in metaphorical ways tell us, that the past is gone, we can still get somethnings from when we were 20, but when we got 40, somethings we just will just not be able to recreate. So i think that the biggest lesson in here, is that first, we gotta enjoy each time, no matter what, because things gonna end, and we gonna miss it, and also we gotta learn how to make ourselves health and adapted to each moment, because we will have up and downs, and if we don't deal properly when we are down, we won't get up again.
The narrative in this film is perfect, it flows perfectly and you never get bored or anything close to that, every single scene count and have a meaning for the full story that they are telling, it can put the atmosphere for each moment work, so you got angry with her, depressed with her, happy with her and also got hope together, you can totally feel the weight during the scenes, you can feel so much everything in here. Right at the moment where the character Tully enters in this story, things got so different, the atmosphere of the movie changes and everything got calmier and apparentely easier, you can totally feel the rest that Marlo got and you feel good about it. One thing that i really appreciate when movies can provide for the public, is that each time that you gonna watch it, each time of your life, you gonna get a different perspective of it, as a 20 years old person full of health, you gonna see it in one way, as a mother, a father, old, this have different ways to get consumed. Another thing, is that one giant plot thing that happen in the last, some people will got it before, some will get only in the moment, but the fact is that it is awesome, risky and beautiful, it is that kind of plot twist that when you got it, you gotta rewatch the whole movie again, and it will be seen in a different way, some kind of Tyler Durden kind of thing, i love that so much.
The photography in here is great, the color palette changes according to how the situation is, it can get gray and darker, so as colorful and happy. There are moments where the visual is also subtle to tell us things, story beyond the script and i love that. The edit in this film is really nice as well, the flowing is on point.
The soundtrack is great, there musics composed by Rob Simonsen, there are some musics that are really beautiful.
Charlize Theron is perfect in this film, she is a mother in real life and definely know exactly the struggle and the happiness envolving in here, she convince 100% of each one of her feelings, her rage, her depression, her necessity, and the relation with her younger self. Mackenzie Davis is also perfect, when she comes into the scenes she just shines with her giant smile, the director used her very well, she can bring back the spirit into a young a health person, full of dreams and stuff. Ron Livingston is also good, his job was easier, but he did it well.
Tully is wonderful and perfect movie, it is entertaining, let you full of thoughts philosophizing, in can be got in different ways depending in wich part of your life you are in, there is a fantastic plot twist that makes the movie be rewatchable right after watching it the first time, it gives a perfect idea of how motherhood can be and does give you some sort of idea, that how to be better, how to help better, how to be more present.
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Movie is brilliant in itself, the untouched territory of a mother's love, sacrifice and struggle, has never ever seemed to fit the plot of a mainstream Hollywood flick. But this movie does justice to the theme with beautifully dramatised and strong plot sequences. It is definitely a unique piece, which gives a soothing feel, in this world of excess.
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acting giant When you go through the reviews of the movie and their analysis, they all focus on the amazing performance of Charles Theron. This shows the deep impact of Tron's review. He is so determined and strong in act and has taken it seriously that he is undoubtedly one of the most effective and best contemporary actors in the history of cinema. By choosing complex and different roles and presenting strong performances, he has been able to move the boundaries of cinema acting. He is unique. In this movie too, the movie turns on his heels. The movie Tali is a successful and good movie, but it is a bit too fantasy.
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I really enjoyed this movie, right up until the "twist" happened. That absolutely ruined it for me. It basically invalidated all of the good stuff that had happened up until then and everything I'd learned and liked about the characters. And it seemed to me to be completely unnecessary, a lazy way to end the story.
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This is an ok watch. It depicts one clearly very tired mother who is put under a lot of stress due to her kids and finds a more youthful side to her via the newly employed nanny. I imagine a lot of people can relate to the **** not exactly funny but its somewhat entertaining and perhaps re-assuring to see how things develop. It features some reasonably strong language and sex references, so its not one for the whole family to watch. Its a bit amusing and mildly entertaining but no more than that, I'd say. I suppose I'd recommend this, yes, if only for the depiction of a down beaten youngish mum regaining her youthful identity.
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Production Company
BRON Studios,
Right of Way Films,
Denver and Delilah Productions,
West Egg Studios,
Creative Wealth Media Finance
Release Date May 4, 2018
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
Tagline See How the Mother Half Lives.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
• 3 Nominations
