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Darcy is a college administrator whose son Walker committed suicide seven years earlier. Her only constants in life are gardening and her best friend, Byrd. After learning that Walker's old buddy Mark stole his idea for a restaurant chain, she packs her bag, picks up Byrd and travels to New Orleans to confront him and settle the score.
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Jason Bailey Flavorwire It's hard to imagine another actor in the world who could elicit those particular responses to those moments, or who could make the wild narrative swing of the climactic encounter not only play, but play credibly. Aug 6, 2017 Full Review Rex Reed Observer Like so many women who unwisely spend too much time in gyms ruining their looks under the delusion of self-improvement, [Hunter's] muscles upstage her femininity. But the girl can still act. Rated: 2/4 Aug 1, 2017 Full Review Roxana Hadadi Punch Drunk Critics As the focus of Strange Weather, Holly Hunter is her typical fantastic self, using her committed performance to ground a narrative about a familial tragedy. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 31, 2017 Full Review Kip Mooney Fresh Fiction Indie road trip dramedies are a dime a dozen now, and aside from Hunter's performance, there's not much to distinguish this one from so many others. Rated: C Aug 10, 2021 Full Review Jim Ross TAKE ONE Magazine By placing the faith in her own direction and characters, and not plot histrionics, Dieckmann's intensely personal story feels all the more universal. Feb 13, 2020 Full Review Joe Reid Decider Carrie Coon proves once again that she's a phenomenal talent who is currently being severely under-utilized in the Hollywood ecosystem. Dec 20, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rose B One of the best movies I've seen in a while. Holly Hunter is amazing - depth, range, she's got it. The ending was a little too put together but I loved this movie. What a great actress. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/05/23 Full Review Nancy H Loved it, Holly Hunter was amazing. The range and depth of her character was spot on. The movie was not at all how I'd thought it would turn out. Mature audience would enjoy it more because you might need some age to understand the complexity of her personality. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Great Movie! Lots of Reflection, and makes you look at your life! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Good acting by Holly Hunter & Carrie Coon. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Spoilers: Sign me up for any movie with Holly Hunter, Carrie Coon and Glenn Headley in it. But this one is about a woman stuck, but surviving. Anyone who loses a son to suicide must be a basket case for a while, if not forever. But here it is seven years later, and 50-something, single, college office worker Holly in Georgia can't get over her 20-something's demise, wants to know details of his last few days, tracks down his buddies to find out, and along the way discovers that one of them got rich on her son's business plan for a Hot Dawg fast food chain where people make their own dogs. She and best friend, lesbian neighbor Carrie hit the road to New Orleans to talk to the Dawg millionaire, and Holly has no real idea what she will say to him about the business plan -- she'd rather be spontaneous than have a plan, and packs a pistol. Along the way she tries to talk to her son's dad, now 70 and mentally gone in a senior facility, and finds that Carrie, not always a lesbian, had more than friendship with her son. But Carrie makes it clear she went on the road tr[p to help depressed Holly get unstuck before it kills her. They stay a night with old friend Glenn, and dredge up some past events. The climactic scene with the Dawg guy has us wondering if she will use the gun to kill him or herself or what, as she says she wants no cash from him but just details of her son's final night with Dawg man. But it seems releasing her demons and finding details of the night her son died is cathartic and forms the start of closure and peace with that horrific loss in her life. Sons of Anarchy's Kim is her on-again-off-again boyfriend who could never really compete for her with her dead son, but she finally sees that keeping him at arm's length is folly, too. It gets classified emotional drama, and nets only sour grapes ratings. But the quality of the acting and truth of the dialogue elevate this to a hard slice of life piece focusing on the journey toward survival after immense loss and shock to the system, and how it can take years to regain a semblance of normal life after that grinding grief. I'd rate it much higher than the pack did. RIP Glenn. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Hunter is great in this.. The entire movie was well done ! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Darcy is a college administrator whose son Walker committed suicide seven years earlier. Her only constants in life are gardening and her best friend, Byrd. After learning that Walker's old buddy Mark stole his idea for a restaurant chain, she packs her bag, picks up Byrd and travels to New Orleans to confront him and settle the score.
Director
Katherine Dieckmann
Producer
Rachel Cohen, Jana Edelbaum
Screenwriter
Katherine Dieckmann
Distributor
Brainstorm Media
Production Co
iDeal Partners Film Fund, Netflix, Brainstorm Media
Rating
R (A Scene of Sexuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 28, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 28, 2017
Runtime
1h 31m
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