Jack and I really liked this story of a young drifter who impulsively steals a baby from a neglectful mother. Ellen Page is wonderful in the title role, as are Allison Janney and Tammy Blanchard as Talullah's boyfriend's mom and the neglectful mother, respectively. Uzo Aduba has a nice cameo as a calm, pregnant social worker, diametrically opposed to her Orange is the New Black character Crazy Eyes.
Director/writer Sian Heder fleshed out her 2006 short film Mother, which won a few festival awards, into this Cannes and Sundance nominee, her feature debut.
I'm now listening to the lovely score by Michael Brook, which can be streamed on Spotify and Apple Music.
I've been meaning to see this since it was released on Netflix four years ago. Another failed streaming attempt on April 1 steered us down the Netflix saved list, and I'm glad it did.
Page was last blogged for Freeheld, Janney for Troop Zero, and Brook for Brooklyn. Heder was a story editor and writer on Orange is the New Black.
Rotten Tomatoes' critic's average is 85% and its audiences 69. We'd adopt it.
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