‘Tuesday London Film Festival Review: Julia LouisDreyfus In A Surreal Encounter With Death
Grief comes in strange ways, but perhaps not as strangely as Tuesday , the directorial debut of Dayna O. Busick. The film stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus, now Zora, a single mother dealing with the sudden loss of her teenage daughter, who dies on Tuesday (Lola Petticrew), who stands out in the unexpected roles. Zora goes out on Tuesday with a group of nurses and pretends to go to work, but instead lies on park benches and eats cheese. On Tuesday he lies in bed or sits in a wheelchair in the park, whistling and waiting for death. One morning, Death appears in the form of a parrot-like bird.
Tuesday ★★★★ (4/4 stars ) |
As we quickly learn, Death, the voice of Arinze Kane, hears the cry of the dead and flies to save them from the pains of the earth. It is his presence, the wave of his feathered hand, that allows them to pass on to the next life, if there is one. But something else will happen on Tuesday. You tell him a joke and he stays. Ice Cube hears that the couple is unlikely to burn, and Tuesday pleads with Death to let her see her mother before he sends her away. Things take a turn for the worse when Zoro sets Death on fire and eats him to prevent him from killing Tuesday. He will do anything, literally anything, to keep his daughter safe.
In the film, Zoro and Tuesday embark on an incredible journey as Zoro confronts his newfound powers of death. It looks like the world must end. Without death, destruction and chaos await. Humans and animals will not be able to relive their past moments, otherwise great suffering will follow. He must consider what that "Dawn" means not only for the world, but also for Tuesday. Busik, who also wrote the screenplay for the film, gives Zora a full range of emotions and reactions, some of which are truly surprising. But who hasn't said or done something inappropriate in the face of loss? Louis-Dreyfus embraces the film's surreal weirdness, but it's Petticrew who tugs at the viewer's heartstrings. His interactions with death are the best scenes in the movie.
Tuesday , which has so far screened at the Telluride International Film Festival and the London Film Festival ahead of its 2024 premiere, has been hailed as a fantasy drama. But despite the imagination and high concept, this is a very grounded film. It stands out as a feeling. It's clear that both Pusich and the cast, which also includes Leah Harvey as one of Tuesday's nurses, care about the characters. And because it does, the story resonates more, especially in a poignant and thoughtful ending.
Several recent films have touched on the theme of grief, including Andrew Haig's We Are All Strangers . It's a very familiar concept to moviegoers, be it losing a parent, a child or even a pet. It is interesting to see how filmmakers deal with loss and the grief that comes with it in different ways. Pusic offers a kind of catharsis by acknowledging that death is not only inevitable, but necessary. How to preserve a person after death is important. Tuesday can be difficult at times and requires you to accept the strange world you live in, but the experience is rewarding.
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