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Cruel But Necessary (2005)
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Wendel Meldrum (writer)
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Cruel But Necessary is the story of Betty Munson's strange journey of self-discovery and soul-awakening...
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(Credited cast) | Wendel Meldrum | ... | Betty Munson |
 | Mark Humphrey | ... | Doug Munson |
| Luke Humphrey | ... | Darwin Munson |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kate Albrecht | ... | Betty's Assistant |
| Eddie Allen | ... | Alan |
| Esther M. Appel | ... | Gramma |
| Ian Axness | ... | Paul |
 | Jack Bryant | ... | Umpire |
| Jacob DeMonte-Finn | ... | Danny |
 | Sabine Ehrenfeld | ... | Laura |
 | Fred Goss | ... | Chad |
| Sam McMurray | ... | Apartment Manager |
| James O'Connel | ... | Teddy |
| Julie Payne | ... | Pearl |
 | Anya Profumo | ... | Alan's Assistant (as Anya Scemama) |
| Rino Romano | ... | Wayne |
| Ken Rothwell | ... | Groom |
| Tiffany Sazzmann | ... | Bride |
 | Deborah Theaker | ... | Nurse |
| Regina Welch | ... | Donna |
 | Lisa Zane | ... | Gynecologist |
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Actor/Director Saul Rubinek plays the piano score for this film.
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They say it is the tough times that define us. Today the breakup of a family is something that has touched almost all of us in one way or another. 'Cruel But Necessary' shows how one woman dealt with the disintegration of her marriage and her comfortable suburban life. The marriage breaks up as a result of an inadvertent family video and Betty the protagonist takes this instrument that showed her the cruel truth of her collapsing marriage and embraces it as a way of dealing with the pain.
Although this plot line sounds dark the movie is very funny. The true art of this movie and the reason you will feel such impact is that is never pulls any punches but you are laughing the whole time. The trajectory of Betty's life seems to be going steadily down. The incidents are genuine and you are irresistibly drawn into the crazy but courageous main character.
The lead is played by Wendel Meldrum who also wrote the screenplay. Her presence in the film is magnificent. It's not just her beauty and grace but also the range of her characterization. Clearly the director Saul Rubinek knew how to 'light' her to give us the feeling of what she was going through.
If your life has been really quite nice so far you might not 'get' this movie but if you've seen your share of rough spots this movie will be good for your soul.
The reason so many of us love the cinema is because every once in a while we get to see a movie like 'Cruel But Necessary'.