Daisy Ridley stars within the agreeable however finally minor story of loneliness and isolation.
PLOT: An workplace employee (Daisy Ridley) in Oregon struggles with a way of alienation from her colleagues and despair till being reinvigorated by the arrival of a brand new employee with whom she begins an unlikely relationship.
REVIEW: Generally I Assume About Dying is probably going a troublesome promote outdoors of the Sundance Movie Competition. There’s nothing notably improper with it, and it boasts a high quality efficiency from star Daisy Ridley. However, it’s such a small, even minor movie that it by no means leaves you with a lot of an impression, even when it’s a superbly pleasant movie to look at. Not a lot occurs, and it’s the form of low-key character examine that wanted some hook past the gentle one right here, being that Ridley’s character, because the title suggests, daydreams about dying.
It’s a small, honest film, but it surely’s additionally one that may seemingly solely attraction to die-hard followers of the actress, who positively stretches right here. She’s relatable, even when the character retains the viewers at arm’s size. We by no means actually be taught a lot about her, along with her refusing to speak in confidence to anybody. As a former workplace employee, facets of the film positively hit residence, along with her remoted from her fellow staff on account of her social awkwardness. She will get together with them okay, however she doesn’t make an effort to get to know them or vice versa. It feels actual, as I’m positive most of us have had jobs the place we blended into the background or at the least felt like we did.
Within the movie, she slowly begins to return out of her shell when a brand new employee (Canadian stand-up Dave Merheje) is available in and takes an curiosity in her. He’s pleasant, and she or he likes him instantly, resulting in a tentative stab at romance. Nonetheless, the movie rushes the connection, with the entire film happening over per week, and we, presumably, are supposed to really feel sorry for her when she will be able to’t bear her soul to him after three uneventful dates. However, Merheje and Ridley are interesting collectively. The remainder of the workplace mates are full of typical forms of office comedy, with a bizarre older man, an excessively pleasant supervisor, an keen intern, and so on. Nonetheless, veteran actress Marcia DeBonis has an affecting function as a retiring employee who, in the long run, is proven to battle with the sudden lack of a assist system (the work-family) that, till the final minute, she may not have realized she wanted.
One should additionally credit score director Rachel Lambert, who provides the movie a poetic vibe, with the Oregon areas evocative from the beginning. The music, the cinematography (with it utilizing the now stylish 1:33:1 ratio), and the intelligent music decisions (together with Breathe’s pop ditty “Palms to Heaven” and “Mysteries of Love” from the Blue Velvet soundtrack) are all on level. The issue is the film by no means quantities to a lot past being a likable character examine. It showcases the actors and Lambert’s promise behind the digicam, however its aspirations are modest. It can seemingly come and go shortly and lacks the heft to generate severe buzz at Park Metropolis. Nonetheless, it has a sure diploma of appeal which makes it value an off-the-cuff viewing if it turns up at an arthouse close to you or (extra seemingly) on a streaming service you subscribe to.
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