As the latest addition to the “white altruist” genre of cinema, The Help is most effective in its deviation from how it is portrayed through its trailer. This is not to say that the film is a failure or falls short of any expectations. Rather, it exceeds them. However, previews depict it as another incarnation of a film […]
Take a couple that has been married for twenty five years. Add a dash of midlife crisis until it yields infidelity and divorce. Slather the wife with remorse for the disintegration of the marriage and her choice to sleep with David Lindhagen. Provide a young, philandering mentor to the aging, seemingly asexual protégé ex-husband. At first glance, […]