If you’re in the mood for a satisfying cry, you’re in luck.
Allison Janney again Andrew Rannells star in the moody and offbeat I miss you, I love youwill air on HBO on Friday, May 29, at 8 pm ET.
The film is from the writer-director Jim Rashwho played Dean Pelton Community and won an Oscar for his 2011 screenplay George Clooney heartbreaking Interest. It follows grieving widow Diane (Janney), whose estranged son sends his assistant, Jamie (Rannells), to help her plan her stepfather’s funeral. Strangers navigate a tough week together, learn surprising family secrets and grapple with how to help each other – all while avoiding the many elephants in the room.
The plot sounds sadder than it is: This quiet, character-driven piece feels like a play (originally conceived as one), where Rannells and Janney often sit together and have big conversations that don’t connect in unexpected, darkly funny ways.
Rush was inspired to write the film after his sister brought her assistant to his father’s funeral. “He didn’t know anyone in the room, and I thought that was a very interesting lens through which to see us [through]where we are in great danger,” Rash told the newspaper Arizona Daily Star.
With the support of the funny Bonnie Hunt again Oscar Nunez, I miss you, I love you it takes something very romantic and turns it into a story about universal themes, such as the fear of loss and the danger of emotional loyalty.
It’s the kind of memorable movie that has been made over and over again. Now we are lucky if we get a handful of gems like these once a year. Let me know.
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Jordin Althaus/HBOBelow, what some critics think I miss you, I love you:
The Hollywood Reporter: “I miss you, I love you it’s hardly what you’d call unexpected; if you’ve seen one indie drama about an unlikely friendship between two strangers, you can guess the basic plot of this one. But it benefits from the fact that there is no pre-existing template or obvious place for the relationship between the widow and her son’s personal assistant. The subject is able to move around freely in their injuries, retreating or doubling as needed. “
The New York Times: “In this troubled drama, Allison Janney goes to some deeply emotional places for an obvious reason: Her character, Diane, is recently widowed.” But Janney goes from being angry to thinking until she bursts into tears with such force that she knows she needs to work hard to get rid of this story.”
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Screen Anarchy: “Jim Rash’s first screenplay is full of sharp dialogue full of family conflicts, displays of personal revelations, and hints of life-changing secrets to be revealed. Sometimes it feels too carefully produced and too fun, built for explosions and screams and loud screams. Still, the fast-paced film keeps running. Just 97 minutes, quick jokes, more than one-liners, and above all, great actors. by Allison Janney and Andrew Rannells.”
