Lymelife: Ly Me Life Yep, it's that depressing.
Such serious Seventies psychoanalysis of suburbia seeks seldom seen scenes to secure secrets shown.
The acting was solid and unexpected throughout. The Culkins go without saying - - the name brand almost always works in a pinch! Emma Roberts, the ever stalwart journeyman actor - - ever since
Nancy Drew, I've know she's destined for greatness (aka: ozka!). Then, Jill Hennessey, who always seemed to transcend her self-imposed TV purgatorial prison, acts older than her age - - just the opposite of most actresses her age - - and to fine effect! And finally, the oldtimers... Alec Baldwin and Timothy Hutton show that they haven't forgotten how to really act - - at least on rare occasions like this...
The story was enthralling. I tried to resist it's narrative charms, yet it drew me in - - inexorably! The first time director (Derick Martini) kept a nice flat tone throughout the whole affair. Flatness is a truly rare perspective in the land of Hollywood exaggeration, and it brings a welcome depth to
Lymelife.
But finally, you just need to look in the mirror, and ask yourself: 'Have I been infected?'...
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