As a movie lover, I get a lot of pleasure from meeting characters that go through life-changing experiences that teach them something or make them see their world through a different lenses. In I’ll See You in My Dreams, that seems to be the case for the most part, but some narrative decisions that happen in the last third bring almost everything back to the beginning.
Blythe Harry is charming as Carol, but Brett Haley, who directed and co-wrote the screenplay, does not provide her with a basis from which her character can grow and cement a new look on life.
The script is a sad mess. And I say “sad” not just because the movie’s overly mood is that, but also because it starts well, taking its time, with encounters and conversations happening at a realistic pace. But by the end, it’s like it forgets what it wants to be and decides to wander off, and while doing so disregards what it had done well up until that point.
As a movie lover, I get a lot of pleasure from meeting characters that go through life-changing experiences that teach them something or make them see their world through a different lenses. In I’ll See You in My Dreams, that seems to be the case for the most part, but some narrative decisions that happen in the last third bring almost everything back to the beginning.
Blythe Harry is charming as Carol, but Brett Haley, who directed and co-wrote the screenplay, does not provide her with a basis from which her character can grow and cement a new look on life.
The script is a sad mess. And I say “sad” not just because the movie’s overly mood is that, but also because it starts well, taking its time, with encounters and conversations happening at a realistic pace. But by the end, it’s like it forgets what it wants to be and decides to wander off, and while doing so disregards what it had done well up until that point.
