Stuart: A Life Backwards

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Jacqueline D Jul 25 A beautiful master class in character creation. Tom Hardy is extraordinary as Stuart. Cumberbatch is very good but frankly is acted off the screen. It's heartbreaking yet somehow affirming - everybody needs to see this film!! See more Libby A Apr 15 Absolutely amazing acting, such a sad yet endearing movie based on a true story...... I've watched this movie numerous times and still love it as much as I did when I first saw it! ❤️ See more Amy H 03/14/2024 Incredible performance by Tom Hardy. Clever and unpredictable, tragic and heartwarming. A true must see film. See more @Lakeman 11/08/2022 Tom Hardy is remarkable in this movie. He really steals the show. What a horrific life this man lived through. No savior showing up to save this child....again. Cumberbatch is good as well, as are the actors portraying Stuart's family members. But it's Hardy's total immersion in the physical expression, the vocalizations, tics, and emotional rollercoaster of a very decent but awfully tortured man that really makes this worth viewing. He never seems to slip out of character for a moment. It's Day-Lewis-esque. 3.3 stars See more colin m 07/21/2022 A study of the evolution of a homeless man. See more 05/22/2022 This was a surprise. Rarely do you find buddy drama's dealing with the most sincere and deepest aspects of the human condition. Stuart captures the essence of a person who everyone knows, and everyone has a feeling about, but very few truly understand. This movie doesn't necessarily bring about an understanding because in Stuarts own words, 'many people have had a life like me', and yet many others end up with different results. Everything about this movie is romantic despite the damning conclusion. Everyone in this movie longs for better and more joy for them and their loved ones, even those who changed the course of their life by being heinous and horrible to them. The story is told from the perspective of a fairly anonymous character who starts as a writer and turns into the biographer of a new found homeless friend. The author studies how he got there and where he will go and the tragedy that overwhelms his life and his own demons in struggling with said tragedy. This all happens backwards because some people experience all their lives hardest days at the beginning, and from that point on its survival, and any expectations of thriving while barely surviving are fleeting at best. Stuart: A Life Backwards is a movie which develops true forms of sympathy through not only the actors portrayals but the writers complete lack of judgement over the protagonist. See more Read all reviews

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