The second film directed by Amy Jo Johnson certainly was an enjoyable experience. The film tackles a very serious subject of addiction, suicide and death through illness. The Canada scenery was beautiful and the way things looked were fantastic. I certainly can feel for the character of Catherine as she is the main protagonist trying not have a breakdown dealing with her mother, Tammy.
While I enjoyed the film, Drama is not usually my genre of choice so the pacing of the film felt slow to me at times. Having watched the film through a screener link where I couldn't maximize the window or remove the time bar so I didn't feel like I was watching the runtime tick down, watching some of the scenes where there was no interaction or dialogue made me feeling like the film was longer than the 90 minutes advertised.
Besides the pacing (in my opinion because I am more used to action, thriller and horror genres), I did enjoy the blend of humor with the serious subject matter as well as the casting choices of Felicity Huffman and Anastasia Phillips as the mother/daughter duo.
I look forward to seeing it again through iTunes and hopefully get it to change my rating to a 10 just because I do find Amy Jo to be a fantastic director.
While I enjoyed the film, Drama is not usually my genre of choice so the pacing of the film felt slow to me at times. Having watched the film through a screener link where I couldn't maximize the window or remove the time bar so I didn't feel like I was watching the runtime tick down, watching some of the scenes where there was no interaction or dialogue made me feeling like the film was longer than the 90 minutes advertised.
Besides the pacing (in my opinion because I am more used to action, thriller and horror genres), I did enjoy the blend of humor with the serious subject matter as well as the casting choices of Felicity Huffman and Anastasia Phillips as the mother/daughter duo.
I look forward to seeing it again through iTunes and hopefully get it to change my rating to a 10 just because I do find Amy Jo to be a fantastic director.