Labor Day

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Jacquelyn J Really enjoyable film... I was hooked from the start Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review Jakob S A fierce-looking gentleman steals the hearts of a fatherless boy and his single mother. From that sentence alone, one can conclude that there may be something missing. And indeed, something was, in fact, missing. Considering the film was made eleven years ago, many elements of this story age poorly, including but not limited to the dependency the story has on the strength of masculinity. All the major beats of Labor Day are directly played by Frank (Josh Brolin), and repeatedly the audience is stuffed with the idea that true salvation will occur for Henry (Gattlin Griffiith) and Adele (Kate Winslet) only after a man saves them. In fact, there doesn’t even seem an established law that the savior must be Frank. Any man that will protect Adele’s shattered existence and teach Henry how to better play baseball can be this story’s hero. Honestly, the film suffers most from a flatness that has been associated with the archetypal damsel-in-distress narrative that we have all interacted with so many times before, but for Reitman’s version - we’ve added a son for the man to save as well. There wasn’t too much that Kate Winslet or Josh Brolin could change, considering how the film was written, but they both express a mutual pain that is the sole responsibility of any emotional depth found. Both actors try their best to ignite a sense of urgency at times of high stress, while they navigate stark, strange shifts into romantic, scenes of sentimentality. The clunkiness of Frank and Adele’s relationship set choppy waters for these two stars to stay afloat, but I really did appreciate their chemistry at intimate scenes of consolation. One of the strongest scenes in the entire film is when Adele attempts to drive to the pharmacy, and rather than Frank ignoring her distinct stress, he gives her the floor to tell her history about losing control of her body - and ultimately her life. All in all, this film proves that strong performances can’t save work that fails to… well, feel. I don’t believe that Henry’s life is saved by his interactions over one labor day weekend with a good guy, and I don’t appreciate the suggestion that Adele’s life is only worth her relationship with that same, good guy. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/08/24 Full Review Shay k Ok so obviously this movie is horrible it just gets 3 stars for being hilarious. Kate Winslet is a sex starved single mom who is taken hostage by a sexy prison escapee. He immediately starts doing dad stuff around the house. Manly stuff that Kate couldn't possibly accomplish with her delicate hands like fixing the deck and her car and teaching the kid how to throw a baseball. He shows her how to do several things from behind including batting a baseball and sensually mixing a peach pie. They bang and the kid listens and also gets horny?? The kid is having like sex dreams about other kids and is scared of it. It's all so weird and clearly the wet dream of a middle aged woman turned into a script Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/08/24 Full Review Chris R Don't know what the negative reviews are about, great film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/04/24 Full Review Melanie E I absolutely loved this film. The three lead characters were outstanding and there was wonderful chemistry between Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin. It was definitely not a thriller, nor did it try to be. It was just a beautiful love story. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/30/24 Full Review Roger L The critics are very unfair but expected from US critics. Americans expects criminals to act as criminals, not as nice and responsible persons. The story is very good and Kate Winslet is brilliant in her role. But that is no surprise. I think that she and Cate Blanchett are the best actresses in the world. On third place I put Susan Sarandon. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/23/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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