So, I'm assuming this a psychological study of 80s excesses and emotional trauma based personality disorders. There is no thriller element. This is the decline of a family that strives to be more than it is.
It displays the downfall of a relationship that is based upon unknowing enabling behaviors that fuels maladaptive functioning in codependency. And it displays how children fall into certain roles as means to compensate in a dysfunctional family. This movie also shows how if these patterns aren't addressed and the dysfunction is healed, they will be repeated. And when repeated, how these impact the family an how it affects people emotionally.
Given how well the acting and production are, I wanted to appreciate this film. But watching it, I was left with only sourness at the end. This film is only about how awful situations are when people continue to make the worst decisions solely to feed their ego and seek external validation to find merit in their own lives.
This is a bummer of a film. It is an expertly done and achieved film. Unfortunately, it is just another sorry display of the 80s excess and personal pathology.
It displays the downfall of a relationship that is based upon unknowing enabling behaviors that fuels maladaptive functioning in codependency. And it displays how children fall into certain roles as means to compensate in a dysfunctional family. This movie also shows how if these patterns aren't addressed and the dysfunction is healed, they will be repeated. And when repeated, how these impact the family an how it affects people emotionally.
Given how well the acting and production are, I wanted to appreciate this film. But watching it, I was left with only sourness at the end. This film is only about how awful situations are when people continue to make the worst decisions solely to feed their ego and seek external validation to find merit in their own lives.
This is a bummer of a film. It is an expertly done and achieved film. Unfortunately, it is just another sorry display of the 80s excess and personal pathology.