Nominated for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay I'll tell you flat out: I didn't get this movie. Not a single thing in it made sense to me.
Leda (Olivia Colman) is on holiday in Greece at the same spot as a large family of obnoxious Americans. She strikes up a bond with Nina (Dakota Johnson) after helping find the latter's daughter after she wanders off. Leda spends a great deal of time remembering what it was like when she was Nina's age, coping with an academic career and two small children.
I was so bored. I just kept waiting for something interesting or sensical to happen and it never did. This is the exact same movie as Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood without any of the humor or charm. It is a slog.
Colman is wasted here. I'd never seen Jessie Buckley in anything, but I've heard she's a rising star. They both deserved better. It's currently streaming on Netflix. Maybe if you figure out what the point is, come back and tell me.
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