Jack and I were drawn to this story of an alcoholic Texas mother who has squandered her lottery winnings and meets a kind motel manager, because the manager is played by Marc Maron. It's hard to watch but powerful as Andrea Riseborough gives her all to Leslie, Maron's (who, it's no secret, is a recovering alcoholic in real life) Sweeney is a nice voice of reason, and supporting strength comes from Allison Janney, Stephen Root, Andre Royo, and Owen Teague.
Sixteen minutes of the music by Linda Perry is available on Apple Music and 36 ½ minutes on Spotify.
Riseborough was last blogged for Nancy, Maron for Respect, Janney for Bad Education, Root for The Tragedy of Macbeth, and Royo for The Spectacular Now.
Teague is new to me despite a list of credits that is long for his 24 years of age, Morris has directed a lot of TV and this is his first feature, and this is Binaco's second feature. Perry, Sara Gilbert's ex-wife and co-parent, is the former lead singer of 4 Non Blondes and has written music for Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, and Pink, to name a few. This is her third feature composing gig.
Rotten Tomatoes' critics are dedicated to this one, averaging 98% and its audiences lagging only a little at 81. We rented it on Apple TV/iTunes on November 25.
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