Tallulah

2016 "Life can be a real mother"
6.7| 1h51m| en| More Info
Released: 02 June 2016 Released
Producted By: Ocean Blue Entertainment
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: https://www.netflix.com/title/80093198
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Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for.

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Dorathen Better Late Then Never
AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
morrison-dylan-fan After catching the superb The Fundamentals of Caring another "Netflix exclusive" recommendation came up over the credits. With having enjoyed seeing Ellen Page in the slick Thriller The East,I decided that it was time to meet Tallulah.The plot:Deciding after running their smashed up van on stolen credit cards that it is time he goes back to meet his mum,Nico gets in a heated argument with his girlfriend Tallulah.Waking up the next morning to find Nico gone, Tallulah decides to travel down to New York. Reaching New York before Nico, Tallulah tracks down his mum Margo,who tells Tallulah that she has not seen her son in two years,and for her to get lost. Scavenging for food at a hotel, Tallulah is seen by hotel guest Carolyn. Believing her to be a staff member, Carolyn asks Tallulah if she can look after her baby whilst she goes on a date. Accepting the offer, Tallulah is taken aback,when Carolyn returns home drunk. Disguised at what she sees, Tallulah kidnaps the baby.View on the film:Spending almost the whole movie dragging a baby along,Ellen Page gives an incredible performance as Tallulah. Never shying away from the rough edges of Tallulah,Page shows a touching playfulness and dedication towards the baby,which Page smartly keeps away from undermining the casual Punk attitude Tallulah expresses over the crimes she commits. Cooling down when meeting Tallulah for the second time (this time with a baby) Allison Janney gives a sparkling performance as Margo. Reuniting with Page for the third time, Janney gives Margo a nervousness of being comfortable in her own skin,which Janney breaks with the natural chemistry shared with Page and an empathetic openness.Inspired by her own babysitting experiences,writer/director Sian Heder makes her film directing debut by taking on the "never work with children" challenge and passing with flying colours. Hunched in Tallulah and Nico's hippy van, Heder & cinematographer Paula Huidobro give the baby run an earthy atmosphere,where washed out colours get under the brittle nails that Tallulah is living her life under. Moving Tallulah and the baby from rough streets to high class apartments, Heder tightly holds the close-ups to engulf the viewer in the pressure on Tallulah,which is freed by a startling flight of fantasy bookend.Softening Margo when Tallulah returns with a baby,the screenplay by Sian Heder spins a hip,whip-smart "Women's Picture" touchingly painting the friendship between the women from abrasive over Tallulah keeping her most personal things hidden from Margo,to the explosively rabble rousing,as Tallulah helps Margo to discover that she can proudly hold her head high.Giving the kidnapping a sly comedic underline, Heder wisely never makes excuses for Tallulah's actions,with Heder avoiding any moral justification,to present Tallulah at her most rough-edged Punk best,as Tallulah grabs the baby and is gone baby gone.
Bob An I just randomly picked up to see this film. One of the reasons - not a very good one, but hey - is that the name of the film is like one of Tori Amos' songs. The song is great and so is this movie. I must say that the beginning of it was not really promising ( up until she came to the hotel and actually entered the room of a woman) and I was wondering if I chose the right film ( which means interesting one which is not boring and it is entertaining). Luckily it was great.What I liked the most is a simple story ( somewhat) great characters ( all three women and a 'missing son')and really good relationships insights.I must say that I do not know any of the actors from any other films or series. They were all new to me and I think they all did a great job ( except that younger gay guy - who was not really convincing).What is missing in the film is maybe a better soundtrack or let's say a few more songs. All in all, quite a good one. Nine from me.
moonspinner55 Ellen Page is excellent as a homeless young woman, cynical, hard-bitten and foul-mouthed, who abducts a toddler from its rich, neglectful mother and makes friends with her ex-boyfriend's estranged mother--under the guise that she's a single mom raising this woman's granddaughter all on her own. A hard movie to like, but also a movie impossible to dismiss, "Tallulah" is an impressive production purchased by Netflix that has many things to recommend it, not the least of which is an array of fabulous performances from the ladies in the cast. Unfortunately, filmmaker Sian Heder is a much better director than she is a writer, and the relationship between Tallulah and her boyfriend--a crucial element in the story--is not convincing (the problem is with his character, who simply does not ring true). Page is reunited with her "Juno" co-star Allison Janney, and the two have a special rapport that is, by turns, angry and bitter and lovely and moving. However, the arc of Janney's character isn't as profound as its meant to be (for instance, she's terrible and nasty to her soon-to-be-ex husband, who left her for another man), and the last portion of the plot is gummy and indecisive.
florisklaver76 Ellen Page gives a solid performance as a young woman who lives on the road and doesn't follow the standard rules of living. When looking for food in a Hotel hallway she is dragged into a room by an emotionally unstable mother. While the mother goes on a date, Lu is forced to babysit the child. After realizing the mother is not fit to take care of the child she decides to take the child with her and visit her (ex) boyfriends mother, who had just divorced and is forcefully holding on to all that she had in her marriage. This is the moment the story really takes off, because the two are such opposites they struggle to build their relationship in the beginning but after a while they realize they both need some help getting along, and they realize they can learn from each other. The best thing about this story is the chemistry between Lu and Margo, it teaches us it is alright to be vulnerable and make mistakes. Even though the story is not that original it is the good acting and tasteful way of telling that makes this worth watching.