We didn't hate this story of a prickly architect leaving her family to follow her dreams, though some critics did. Cate Blanchett does the job in the title role and Kristen Wiig is funny as her uptight neighbor. And the cinematography by Shane F. Kelly and sets (production designer Bruce Curtis) are magnificent. The arctic scenes were originally set to be added in post, but Blanchett apparently convinced them to shoot on location and the production moved to Greenland, where weather was a problem.
Adapted from the novel by Maria Semple, which neither of us has read, the screenplay was co-written by the director Richard Linklater with Holly Gent and Vince Palmo. The music is by Graham Reynolds.
Blanchett was last blogged for Ocean's Eight, Wiig for Downsizing, Linklater for Boyhood, and Reynolds for Linklater's Before Midnight. Gent and Palmo adapted the script for Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, and Kelly and Curtis are frequent collaborators with Linklater as well.
Not loving it, Rotten Tomatoes' critics' average is 48% but its audiences are a bit warmer at 74. We saw it on a big screen August 28, 2019 and it's now streaming.
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