Tallulah

Released Jul 29, 2016

1 hr. 51 min.

Drama

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A dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife tired of caring for her toddler hires a stranger to baby-sit.

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Critics Consensus

Tallulah's narrative insight, thoughtfully written characters, and talented cast add up to an absorbing family drama that transcends genre tropes and capably overcomes its flirtations with melodrama.

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Chris F

A very odd, very complicated film. It struggles a bit to wrap up all its ideas and thoughts together. The film can be messy and disjointed. But at the same time, I don't feel like that was a concern. Maybe the disjointed nature serves the unclean, unfixed characters. Unfortunately, however, because the show is so disjointed, it comes off as a bit muddled and confused. It has these real core ideas that it wants to express, but it's as if it gets confused along the way on how to express them. It focuses on this idea of being all alone, and struggling, while eventually finding family; it also has these philosophical ideas such as gravity and people's place in the world; it also has these ideas of femininity and motherhood, and how it's not as clean and clear-cut as many people play it off to be. Yet, because the film tries to express all things things at once, it never felt like any of them landed. This is compounded by the nature of storytelling itself, where there has to be a beginning, middle, and end. It's the end where everything struggles to wrap up. Just like a baby's room, with their toys scattered everywhere, it was a lot of fun for them in the moment, but now you're left with the mess to clean up as the parent, and the parents of this film just didn't really know where everything belonged. Is that a bad thing? No, I think the film is quite good. And it almost deserves even higher praise for Page's phenomenal acting, which shines like a beacon in many scenes. But ultimately, a great actor can fixed a funky script. It's a good, intimate, grungy movie. And it's fine for what it is. But it can never really escape itself and transcend into something more.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/06/23

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David M

The acting and intelligent and very believable dialogue had me slack jawed.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Sue K

It's like it never finished. Bert disappointing. Guess they ran out of money.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/28/23

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Martin H

The characters, although apparently stereotypes, were allowed to develop subtelty as the film progressed. An entertaining and thought provoking narrative about being a mother

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/20/23

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Nelson B

Amazing and Elliot Page owns this role

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/07/23

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c5scottman

More loose ends than an old sweater.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Sian Heder

Director

Elliot Page

Tallulah

Allison Janney

Actor

Uzo Aduba

Actor

Zachary Quinto

Actor

David Zayas

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Adrian

Autostraddle

The trio of impeccable and perfectly-cast actresses form the foundation of a moving film about three women trying to get free from their mistakes and disappointments.

Aug 17, 2021

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Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

It is witty, charming, and by the end surprisingly moving.

Mar 16, 2017

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Daniel D'Addario

TIME Magazine

Ellen Page, who played a pregnant teen in Juno, goes fantastically further in a new tale of accidental motherhood.

Aug 5, 2016

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Katie Smith-Wong

Flick Feast

Overall, Tallulah is deeply affecting with great performances from its leading ladies.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 15, 2019

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

A beautiful film driven by intimate character studies and the intricacy of nuanced detail.

Nov 3, 2019

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Rachel Brook

One Room With A View

What could have been a run-of-the-mill TV movie achieves gravitas through developed character motivations and performances given room to breathe. Even when indulging in lighter comedic dialogue, Tallulah circles profound truths.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 2, 2019

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Synopsis

A dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife tired of caring for her toddler hires a stranger to baby-sit.

Director: Sian Heder
Executive Producer: Mark Burton, Paull Cho, Eleanor Columbus, Christopher Lytton
Screenwriter: Sian Heder
Distributor: Netflix
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 29, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017

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