Unresolved Trauma: The Movie Watching Malcolm and Marie has really messed me up which is unfortunate because It is 12:35AM and I was about to go to bed. It made such an impact that I had to write something to expel some of the bad energy. I think great art leaves a lasting impression and this definitely has done just that. It makes you think about what you were just put through and will give you a taste of anxiety if you don’t already know what that feels like. I haven’t felt this amount of cinematic uneasiness since sitting through Uncut Gems last year. Prior to that, I related anxiety to the helicopter scene in Goodfellas and just within the last year alone, these two films have made Marty’s movie feel like missing a math problem on a third-grade timed test. I am not sure what that says about our culture or maybe my viewing habits. In any event, Malcolm and Marie is reminiscent in tone to Marriage Story and Revolutionary Road ...
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