The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by
All four characters are rendered as layered, believable humans, and I especially love how each resulting relationship – Cami and Rachel, Rachel and Aster, Cami and Tallulah – has its own arc and rhythm.
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Canada · 2020
1h 20m
Director Aisling Chin-Yee
Starring Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse, Abigail Pniowsky, Jodi Balfour
Genre Drama
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When Cami’s ex-husband, Craig, dies suddenly of a heart attack, the perfect life Cami created begins to unravel. At the funeral, Cami and her daughter encounter Craig’s much younger wife, and Talulah, Craig’s second child. Together, the women process their grief and anger and search for direction in their lives.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by
All four characters are rendered as layered, believable humans, and I especially love how each resulting relationship – Cami and Rachel, Rachel and Aster, Cami and Tallulah – has its own arc and rhythm.
The Film Stage by Jared Mobarak
Nélisse and Pniowsky are a big part of the drama unfolding authentically with ample disdain and irritation respectively, but The Rest of Us truly is Graham and Balfour’s show.
There’s a risk of overselling a modest movie like The Rest of Us, which feels a little pat and self-congratulatory in its resolution. But it’s generous spirited and, at 80 minutes, doesn’t overstay its welcome.
The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden
Neither the screenplay nor the agile direction insists on neat resolutions for any of the characters, and there's a double-edged charge as the foursome make collective and individual progress, slide back and try again: the women recognizing each other in ways they otherwise never would have imagined, the half-sisters slowly becoming friends.
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