Liam Madden’s Film Review: Wendy and Lucy

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The truly difficult and at times frustrating experience that directors face when creating a film, is possibly one of the greatest challenges of their life.

Independent Cinema is always worthy of serious consideration anywhere in the Earth plane. With this in mind, the considerable and affective talent of director Kelly Reichardt is a case in point, as a drop of water on a lotus leaf, is life.

Recommendations for ‘Wendy and Lucy’ could spiral off into the grand Thesaurus and the accolades would never seem enough.

Hidden truths regarding Karma and America
For both Michelle Williams, a natural actress with a ‘less is more’ approach to the work and various bit part characters throughout this particular American Independent film, the realism of ‘Wendy and Lucy’ is expertly blurred from the start.

With sparse dialogue a well thoughtful script, ‘Wendy and Lucy’ is undoubtedly merging sadness and change together to reveal some hidden truths regarding Karma and America that I travelled through many years ago.

The pace of the film is well achieved to show that the lead character is merely ‘passing through’ and the director Kelly Reichardt finds the framing of Oregon to not be unpleasant as it undoubtedly is not. But it can be reasonably assuring to move towards another path less resistant.

Independent Cinema from America is always well made with deceiving depth, the credits alone reveal a considerable crew who all forge a film that is intent on optimism and also reveals achievement without a gun in sight.

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