She Came to Me (2023)
March 3, 2024 8:35 AM - Subscribe
A composer who suffers writer's block rediscovers his passion after an adventurous one-night stand. Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, Marisa Tomei! Directed by Rebecca Miller. Opened the Berlin Film Festival. Trailer [YT]
Rotten Tomatoes, 74% audience score, 47% tomatometer
rogerebert.com 3.5 stars
‘She Came to Me’ Review: Peter Dinklage Leads a Sly Ensemble Comedy That Returns Director Rebecca Miller to Her Personal Velocity from Variety
Rotten Tomatoes, 74% audience score, 47% tomatometer
rogerebert.com 3.5 stars
‘She Came to Me’ Review: Peter Dinklage Leads a Sly Ensemble Comedy That Returns Director Rebecca Miller to Her Personal Velocity from Variety
Walking his French bulldog, Steven (Dinklage) lands at a deserted Brooklyn dive bar at 11 a.m. and orders a whiskey. It takes him a moment to realize that there’s another patron in the house. Her name is Katrina, she’s nursing a pint while slunk into a booth, and she’s played by Marisa Tomei with the exact sort of slovenly moth-eaten desperate avidity you see in day drunks who’ll connect with you at the drop of an ice cube. Katrina is no deadbeat; she captains a tugboat based out of Baton Rouge. But she fastens onto Steven with the fervor of the dispossessed.
My family had a chance to see this last night at a Rebecca Miller retrospective event; she and Marisa Tomei were in attendance and discussed their processes and experiences. We thought the film was delightful—an enjoyable romantic comedy with authentic characterizations and some unexpected narrative beats. Highly recommended!
posted by Conceptual Nomad at 3:45 PM on March 3 [3 favorites]
posted by Conceptual Nomad at 3:45 PM on March 3 [3 favorites]
Wow! I have the envy. What a night!
posted by j_curiouser at 3:50 PM on March 3
posted by j_curiouser at 3:50 PM on March 3
This is ... fine.
I like Rebecca Miller even if I don't love everything she's done.
This has an amazing cast and I think that helps it.
There are just so many plot points here and I don't think it quite manages to bring them all together. The two major storylines don't really feel like the connect.
But I didn't dislike it. I actually liked it enough. It does plenty of things well. (The cast!)
As a movie person, I was surprised this was not on my radar at all. I guess that's because it wasn't really that well-reviewed, maybe? But I also feel like this was pretty buried as a release. I do think it will have a decent life streaming, as a Sunday folding-laundry movie. That's not a bad thing.
posted by edencosmic at 6:05 PM on March 6 [1 favorite]
I like Rebecca Miller even if I don't love everything she's done.
This has an amazing cast and I think that helps it.
There are just so many plot points here and I don't think it quite manages to bring them all together. The two major storylines don't really feel like the connect.
But I didn't dislike it. I actually liked it enough. It does plenty of things well. (The cast!)
As a movie person, I was surprised this was not on my radar at all. I guess that's because it wasn't really that well-reviewed, maybe? But I also feel like this was pretty buried as a release. I do think it will have a decent life streaming, as a Sunday folding-laundry movie. That's not a bad thing.
posted by edencosmic at 6:05 PM on March 6 [1 favorite]
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