5/19/2023 0 Comments Cringe by sarah brownShe’s content, if bored with married life, existing through domestic routines and spending time with Lou’s foul-mouth sister Geraldine (Sarah Silverman). Michelle Williams stars Margot, one of those wandering 20s types who spends her time writing travel brochures and sampling her husband Lou’s (Seth Rogen) endless supply of recopies that he’s compiling for an all-chicken cookbook. Ambiguity is nice, but walking out of a theater feeling like you despise a character who you just spent two hours with isn’t particularly satisfying. You see, because it’s difficult to tell if the main character makes the right decision, it’s also difficult to tell if she’s even a character even worth liking. It’s nice to see a movie like this that makes you draw your own conclusions, but there’s a pretty big catch. Yet, hometown TIFF favorite writer/director Sarah Polly never makes it clear whether her protagonist should be sticking with her comfortable marriage or embarking on a new adventure. We’re given the standard rom-com set-up of a semi-content married girl who meets a tall dark stranger who she finds wildly attractive and appealing. You wouldn’t guess it from the casual romantic tone and the star-heavy cast that features the likes of Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, and Sarah Silverman, but the film is intriguingly (even frustratingly) morally ambiguous. Take This Waltz is a tough film to take in.
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