1884 - The Sessions

I've been wanting to watch this for awhile, so bless you Netflix for providing it for me!  I'm a fan of anything that tackles sexual behaviour - I find it fascinating.  For those who don't know, this film is about a man who suffered polio and it largely confined to an iron lung.  Now 38 he seeks out the help of a sexual surrogate to help him get over his fears and insecurities.
Hunt and Hawkes are quite lovely together, and you buy their growing relationship.  Macy just a lovely bit as the priest who says that God would give him a "pass" on this pre-marital relations sex.
The humor is subtle and organic to the characters and situations.  Hawkes is charming pure and simple, and gives a full bodied performance using mostly just his face.  Delightful.
If I have a single complaint it's that the last stretch of the film was a bit rushed and anti-climatic.  All of a sudden the film just decided to wrap itself up a little bit too quickly.  I suppose they're following the true-life story - but there's a way to do that which doesn't hurt anyone, and entertains (even on a base level).
If you like stories about relationships and have a Netflix subscription - this one is a no brainer.

1549 - Then She Found Me

I remember reading about this when it was first playing at TIFF, and being curious about Helen Hunt as a director.  It's a film that's about a woman whose adopted mother dies and is contacted by her birth mother - all the while starting the process of a divorce while at the same time starting a relationship with a somewhat unstable single-father.
It's a film filled with a lot of interesting things, but I'm not sure that they all come together in a way that's intended.  From watching the 'making of' it's clear that Hunt it attempting to tell a story about betrayal - but I can't say that I ever got that from the actual film.  It's a really fantastic cast that she's assembled and they alone make the film interesting and worth watching, even if it's parts are better than the whole. 
Then She Found Me  Then She Found Me