“Wendy and Lucy” (2008)
Wendy and Lucy was on many critics’ best-of-2008 lists. Michelle Williams is traveling to Alaska with her dog Lucy when her car breaks down. Several upsetting things happen. Wendy hums a lot, and calls for Lucy a lot. Several very sad things happen. This film is like a poem–a brief, lovely, impressionistic take on loneliness and poverty in America. Very good if you’re up for that sort of thing, but slow or depressing if you’re not.
August 17th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Have this one on our Netflix queue, but I had heard the warnings of it being pretty depressing, so I’ve held off on it. Just haven’t been in the mood for a good cry, but I’m sure I’ll muster up the courage to face this one eventually.