Friday, May 31, 2013
ONE BREATH AWAY
Today's film was
with John Hawkes and Helen Hunt with William H. Macy.
Mark live in an iron lung. Polio.
I am not sure that they have those any more. We don't have polio which, when I was a kid, was a fearful scourge.
Mark has an itch and an interest. He decides to do some research and all but stumbles upon the idea of sex therapy.
He starts to have some sessions with a surrogate.
What ensues is the subject of this touching and tender story. There is a lot of confrontation that will take place even upon the audience member who surrenders to the film.
They skillfully guide us through the "hard parts" so that, quite quickly, nothing is strange.
Hawks and Hunt are amazing together.
There are a lot of teary moments but they are happy tears for the most part.
Beautiful.
A 4 out of Netflix5. Maybe a 5.
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