Todd Solondz recasts his 'Happiness' characters, but the results are still hilarious, uncomfortable and insightful
di Betsy Sharkey The Los Angeles Times
Todd Solondz is a shock jock of a filmmaker, a writer-director who always keeps a glass of cold water for throwing at the audience handy. Which almost but not quite prepares you for "Life During Wartime," his latest sharp-edged comic tragedy about families, forgiveness and the unsettling ironies that can threaten to unravel even an ordinary life.
The film, a taut and tantalizing mix of salty bites and lazy blanks, stars Shirley Henderson, Allison Janney and Ally Sheedy as the latter-day Jordan sisters Joy, Trish and Helen, respectively, that Solondz first introduced in the uneasy brilliance of 1998's "Happiness. [...]
di Betsy Sharkey, articolo completo (4372 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 30 luglio 2010
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