Living Out Loud a 1998 film that shows a middle age woman, Judith Nelson trying to find herself after being divorced. She meets an elevator man, Pat Francato, who is also recently divorced and who’s daughter dies. They turn to each other to better their lives as single people so they can make the most out of it. Judith looks back to her childhood and childlike self to try renew her life and start fresh and to try to build herself back up to what she was, the adventurous woman who did anything and everything she could. She left her career to get married and she hopes she can do more with her life and go back to school to be a pediatrician.
Living Out Loud is a movie filled with flashbacks and things that seem to happen, but really don’t can be really confusing at times, but it was an interesting way to see what the main character of the story was feeling. When you watch a movie you can only imagine what the character might be thinking or feeling, but this gives it to you in a way that it is a given. You see how Judith Nelson views her life like when she wants to jump out the window and kill herself. It shows just how she feels after the divorce and how she doesn’t know what to do. Flashing back to her childhood and how she used to be this dangerous girl and now into this upper class woman. She tries to get that back when she travels to the other side of Manhattan.
This film is in a way a very random comedy that plays off these two peoples’ lives and how they come together to try to help each other. It may be a little confusing and may not have much plot, but it is still a must see movie. It may be a movie that is for woman and woman power and all, but men can see it too and not it’s not those kinds of movies that you drag you boyfriend to watch with you. It is a good all around movie, but it may be preferable to women. I give it a thumbs up. Having just seen this film on a random occasion in my class, I probably never would have thought that this would have an interesting film to see. It does not see much a film at first, but if you ever get the chance and are interesting in seeing a good old 90s movie this is for you. Living Out Loud now out on DVD.
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I love how you apply the movie to multiple demographics in your last paragraph; recognizing that although the film may have been targeted toward women, that men may be able to find some connections as well.
ReplyDeleteAs far as things to work on, I would have like to hear your opinion of the film earlier in the piece - even as soon as in the first paragraph.
Good work!
Jessica