I'm a big fan of a lot of the people involved in this film, and I'd yet to see a Jason Reitman film I hadn't liked. Let's cut the shit - we all know that Charlize Theron is a pretty damn attractive woman, but she's also one that's not scared to look or be ugly in a film, and so for a guy like me, that makes her all the more attractive. She plays a pretty despicable person here and it works because she does it in such a fascinating way that you just can't wait to see what she'll do next. At first I wondered, what does she really see in the Patrick Wilson character, but then it started to make more sense to me - he's not the point - he's kind of a loser himself - her issue is her bullshit ties to the past and I can identify with that. Patton Oswalt was pretty damn great here as well and I can understand why a lot of people think he was robbed from some award nominations.
For those who see the Diablo Cody/Reitman reunion please know that this film and Juno are pretty far removed from one another - this one is a little more difficult to swallow - it's not about selfish people becoming better people - it's more about selfish people realizing that they need to be less shitty and move the hell on. It's not the kind of film I think I'll ever need to own or revisit, but I'm glad I finally caught it all the same!
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