It's official for me...I love character driven movies. Tully is one of the best I 've seen since You Can Count on Me. (Laura Linney was perfection) Give me a great script, thoughtful directing and powerful acting and I am a happy camper. Tully gave me all that and more. Tully blew me away scene after scene. This movie was so well written. The word masterpiece comes to mind. The dialogue rang true due to its simplicity. The characters talked like real people, not the corny diatribe you hear in so many of Hollywood's so called blockbusters. The father of Tully gave a spectacular performance. I ran down to the local video store just to talk about it with Karen, our town movie expert. She took it home that night....I'll get back to you on her thoughts. I guess what I liked about it most was what I said before, it was a simple character driven story of two sons on a farm with their father. Their lives drove the story. The story was told from the oldest son's point of view-Tully. He and his father (Bob Burrus) differed on how to run the family farm. Burrus was simply awesome as the grief stricken, workaholic father. He was an obviously sympathetic character, but he still delivered the goods with amazing intensity and subtle sentiment, scene after scene. The music was effective in its own way. It was SO nice to feel what I wanted to feel, without the soundtrack dictating my emotions. The script moved me as did the terrific ensemble cast. This is one of my favorite movies of the last 10 years and I watch a lot of movies. This movie moved me to tears several times and I am not that big of a softy. Step outside of the box next time you go to rent a movie and give Tully a chance, you will SO glad you did.
Review of Tully
