“The Automatic Hate” is one of those suspenseful family dramas that you expect something emblematic and even predictable to come out of it, but all of a sudden the story switches to something more reinvigorating, if sporadically hypocrite. Joseph Cross and Adelaide Clemens competently play two cousins who had never met before and become physically attracted to each other while they try to reunite their fathers. Davies Green (Cross) is a quiet Bostonian chef who lives deeply concerned with the deplorable emotional state of his dancer girlfriend, Cassie (Deborah Ann Woll), after an involuntary abortion. Patient but exhausted, he gives signs of needing some relaxed time to himself to free his mind from the traumatic wound caused by the happening. …show more content…
After approaching the seductive Alexis, he meets her other two sisters, and the four spend a good time at a local bar - drinking, laughing and misbehaving. As they attempt to find out what could possibly have separated their fathers for so many years, Davies and Alexis don’t resist the temptation of being alone in a cabin in the middle of the woods and become physically involved. With the death of his grandfather, Davies eventually gets the family reunited at his parents’, the perfect moment for the director, Justin Lerner (“Girlfriend”), to elevate the dramatic side of the story by spicing it up with frontal provocations and hostile attitudes (Clemens is particularly great at this point after she has annoyed me with a senseless weeping). Mr. Lerner's sophomore feature combines the suspense, coming from unpredictable behaviors between ‘strangers’ and undisclosed past secrets, with the typical turmoil that erupts from dysfunctional families, and still appends an out-of-bounds affair to the tempestuous feast. In addition, he deliberately surrounds a mystery that is well fed by the ingratiating performances. The result is a minor indie film that, swinging between entertaining and inessential, feels as dodgier as
In Cold Sassy GA, the town is filled with gossip surrounding the town’s newest newlyweds. Will Tweedy finds himself eyewitness to it all. Grandpa E Rucker Blakeslee has ‘tied the knot’ with the young milliner, Miss Love Simpson. With it being only three weeks after the death of his last wife, the family and town alike are shocked. Confused but curious about it all, Will observes what it means to be husband and wife and what it really means to love. Puzzled by the secrets shared between the two, he tries to figure out just why Grandpa Blakeslee asked Miss Love for her hand in marriage and why she even agreed. While Grandpa Blakeslee is experiencing his second adolescence, Will is trying to make it through his first. When Will gets hit by a train and is still alive to tell about it, Grandpa Blakeslee gives him a lesson on God’s Will. And Will starts to realize not everyone interprets things the same way. When the mill child, Lightfoot crosses Will’s path his heart skips a beat. With all Will’s new found attractions and desires he decided to try his luck with the girls. That’s when he experiences his first kiss, and also his first heartbreak. After the innocent Uncle Camp kill’s himself due to Aunt Loma’s constant criticism, Will starts to question how he treats people. He starts to wonder if maybe he helped his uncle pull the trigger. Soon after that Grandpa Blakeslee’s store isn’t doing all that well. Two unidentified strangers come and rob Grandpa Blakeslee blind, in the process beating him up ‘something awful’. With his weakness effecting his immune system, he catches a bad case of pneumonia and soon passes away. But not before Miss Love could tell him what he had been waiting to hear his whole life…. He would soon have a son to carry on the family name. Not at all scared of death or the unknown, Grandpa Blakeslee orders a letter to be read concerning his funeral and remains. But to everyone’s surprise he orders the cheapest and lowest class funeral and orders himself nothing, but a wooden box. Wanting no one to mourn over him and everyone to know that he was dead...
Frank starts dating Vicki, a young southern nurse who has recently divorced her first husband and behaves naively, even though Frank knows that she has seen terrible things in her career and therefore could not be as clos...
It’s an emotional downward spiral that’s clearly excruciating to the character, but no less to the viewer either, since we can actually sense the miserable states that crush mother and son. The anxiety discharged by Abbot and Nixon’s performances are compelling enough to achieve this substantial exchange of complex feelings and tough moods. Despite the difficulties coping with the situation, James takes care of his mother with extreme devotion and not for once abandons her in his mind. Even when he feels the necessity to go outside to breathe fresh air, his mom remains very present. Mr. Mond, who produced Sean Durkin’s “Martha Marcy May Marlene” and Antonio Campos’ “Simon Killer”, sees these two directors repaying him by co-producing this pungent drama that avoids giving hints about James’ future. The film’s conclusion leaves us in a perpetual curiosity and we leave the theater with nothing but four hellish months in the thorny life of a certain James
The plot grows sequentially. Individuals say the new expansion to the family looks like the granddad, who is at first agitated with the slant. The granddad soon perceives a related soul in his recently conceived however matured grandson and together they appreciate sitting together, ruminating through the day's happenings.
fall in love and Maggie manages to get her father to pay for her two
illustrated through looking at the parallels of the intertwined relationships between three separate individuals. Miss Amelia Evans, Cousin Lymon Willis, and Marvin Macy, are the players involved in this grotesque love triangle. The feelings they respectively have for each other are what drives the story, and are significant enough that the prosperity of entire town hinges upon them.
Jacob, played by Ryan Gosling has taken a lead in the movie parallel to Steve Carell’s effortless humorous performance. The appeal for divorce lying bare the pieces in which a marital relationship happens to be in after 25 years seals into the sprouting of an unlikely bromance. The alchemy between the player (Jacob) and his protégée pushes the plot further into what becomes a beguiling chick-flick, thanks to Gosling’s sculpted abs that earned the movie its genre.
The film chronicles the histories of three fathers, and manages to relates and link their events and situations. First is Mitchell Stephens and his relationship with his drug-addict daughter. Second is Sam, and the secret affair he is having with his young daughter Nicole. He is somewhat of a narcissistic character because of his preoccupation with himself and pleasing himself, and his lack of empathy throughout the film for the others in the town. Third is Billy, who loves his two children so much that he follows behind the school bus every day waving at them. Billy is also having an affair with a married woman who owns the town’s only motel. On the exterior the town is an average place with good people just living their lives. But, beneath all the small town simplicity is a web of lies and secrets, some which must be dealt with in the face of this tragedy.
The Hate List is a thrilling fictional novel that deals with a conflict that our country deals with everyday. The novel starts out with news reporters on television explaining what has happened at Garvin High school. A school shooting occurred by one of the students, Nick. Valerie, Nick’s girlfriend was targeted for the open fire occurring. The reason for this is because the victims of the shooting were all people Valerie disliked. Nick wanted to protect Valerie and act like a tough boyfriend until he accidentally shot her during the shooting. Nick was shocked when he did this so he took his own life. But this left all the blame to Valerie. Now that’s Nick is gone who is going to know the truth? Who really planned this awful life wrecking
Discursive Essay on Racism Racism has existed for centuries, but during the last two hundred years hatred toward ethnic minorities or even majorities has fluctuated. Racism occurs all over the world, can happen to anyone and will always exist. There are three different forms of racism, open racism, violent racism and secret racism all express forms of hatred towards ethnic groups. These forms of racism, although different, all have the same main purpose, to promote hate towards ethnic groups. Open racism expresses freedom of racial thought and speech.
A hate crime is a crime motivated by several reasons that include religion, sexual orientation, race, nationality, gender etc. It typically involves physical violence, intimidation, threats and other means against the individual that is being targeted. It is a crime against the person and it can have a devastating impact on the victim. Several argue that hate crimes should be punished more severely. However, it is not a crime to hate someone or something if it does not lead to some sort of criminal offense.
People with a mental illness are often feared and rejected by society. This occurs because of the stigma of mental illness. The stigma of mental illness causes the perception of individuals with mental illnesses to be viewed as being dangerous and insane. They are viewed and treated in a negative way. They are almost seen as being less of a human. The stigma affects the individual with a mental illness in such a cruel way. The individual cannot even seek help without the fear of being stigmatized by their loved ones or the general public. The stigma even leads to some individuals developing self-stigma. This means having a negative perception of one’s self, such as viewing one’s self as being dangerous. The worst part is that the effects of
The first tale begins when Wallace has some overnight business he must attend to. While gone, he leaves Vincent in charge of entertaining his beautiful wife Mia (Uma Thurman). After a surprisingly pleasant evening of dinner and dancing, Vincent must revive Mia after her abusive episode with heroin.
This film takes that simple fact and uses it to make a poignant and ultimately tragic statement about parents and children, life and death, and all the words that go unspoken. The man is played by Melvyn Douglas, and Hackman plays his son, and the film is about the fierce love they bear for each other, and about their inability to communicate that love, or very much of anything else.
When Jo and Meg attend a New Year’s party, they meet their neighbor Theodore Laurence or Laurie, as he prefers to be called. He is the grandson of their rich neighbor Mr. Laurence. Jo and Laurie established the beginning of a wonderful friendship. All the girls start visiting the Laurence home with the exception of Beth. Beth being the shy one from the sisters and afraid of Mr. Laurence decides to stay home instead. Mr. Laurence finds out that Beth is a wonderful piano player. He talks in private to Mrs. March, she helps him convince her to attend his house and play the piano in private. Beth makes Mr. Laurence some slippers, to show him her gratitude. Mr. Laurence touched by her sincerity gives her the piano that once belonged to his sickened and departed granddaughter. From that point her and Mr. Laurence develop a special bond.