Movie #1716 "Diane" is the first movie I can remember that showcases Mary Kay Place as the lead, and she's certainly up for the challenge. She's a woman who makes lists and goes around and visits sick friends in the hospital, or delivers food to sick relatives, serves food in a soup kitchen, and very often checks in on her son, a druggie. They seem to have history, and in the course of the film we find out what their baggage is.......but not before some really ugly arguments between the two, with horrible name calling back and forth. The film is photographed beautifully, and the weather fluctuates from snow to just ugly and dark --- kind of fits the mood of all the sickness and death that she is a witness of ---- we are constantly reminded that life is short and we attend funerals, and some day everyone left that we knew will attend ours ---- like I said pretty grim. But Place is so darn good that you feel you know her and her son and can commiserate with them. I have to admit, I don't like the ending --- it's not very clear and the rest of the film is so simply told, I wanted the ending to be a bit more resolute --- but other than that, good strong intensity. I'd give it 4 stars out of 5. But it isn't for everybody because its pacing is slow and there are a lot of shots of Place's face......we try to identify what's on her mind and sometimes we are correct, and sometimes we are confused. ...
"DIANE" 1 hour and 36 minutes 2019
Widowed and in her 70s, Diane spends her days helping others: feeding the homeless, caring for ailing friends and trying to reach her drug-addicted son. But as her obligations dwindle, Diane reluctantly confronts her past -- and her mortality.
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