Based on a true story about a NJ police detective fighting to get her pension assigned to her female domestic partner before her 2006 death, this scripted drama is very good, with Julianne Moore and Ellen Page as the lovers and Michael Shannon and Steve Carell as some of their strongest supporters (last blogged in Still Alice, To Rome with Love, Mud, and Foxcatcher, respectively).
The 2007 documentary of the same name won the Oscar for Best Documentary short.
Peter Sollett (most recently in these pages for Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) directs from a script by Ron Nyswaner (Oscar nominated for writing Philadelphia (1993), Independent Spirit nominated for writing The Painted Veil (2007), Mrs. Soffel (1984), and more).
It's been five weeks since we saw this, but I think I also liked the soundtrack by the great Hans Zimmer (last scored The Woman in Gold) with the collaboration of Johnny Marr. Several links to the entire soundtrack have been removed from youtube, but this track remains.
The movie earns a producers plethora tag with 24 listed on imdb, but The Butler remains the undefeated champion with 39.
Rotten Tomatoes' critics felt differently, averaging 47% to its audiences' 64%. After the DVD release in February, check it out and tell me what you think.
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