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jessica's troubles For someone with a tendency to be a terrible liar, it can be a gas. A wealthy quartet, two partners played by Shirley Henderson, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, and Olivia Williams, try to cover up the suicide of their friend Jessica (Indira Varma) when a couple Because she was about to end her marriage. You would hate to sell the house where the incident occurred and see it fail.
When the statue shows up on your doorstep after your 999 call goes off, the city is full of rushed, long-winded stories about young people who have gone astray. Throughout the film, the quartet scamper around unnoticed, squeezing themselves into bedrooms and bathrooms, going far beyond the point where this is even remotely possible. But with the screenplay he co-wrote with James Handel, Matt Wynn realized that the basis of farce lies less in the details of the story and more in guiding a motivated and talented troupe into unbridled chaos.
That's certainly true jessica's troublesEven if the chaos seemed a little too strong, thanks to Wynn (a former musician) and Matt Cooper's score. It's as if the audience needs to be told that it's okay to laugh in the face of such dark topics. jessica's troubles “'' is a brutal movie, but that's completely fine. Because this movie cleverly incorporates all the epitome of what is intolerable. Jessica, played by Varma as she tousles her hair and gently swirls the rim of a wine glass in her fingers, seeks power in provocation. Her “memoir of a life gone wrong” has just become a bestseller, and she attends a dinner party hosted by Sarah, played by Henderson, and Tom, played by Tudyk, expecting praise, and learns of her affair with her friend's husband. Make a fuss about the story.
As Sarah, Henderson has an enigmatic personality that oscillates between saint and monster with ease. Away from his roles as Disney's animated animals and Star Wars droids, Tudyk ventured out of the voice booth on relatively rare occasions, sporting a gentle scarecrow smile and an air of ignorance. Sewell plays the amoralist Richard, a lawyer who regularly represents sex offenders, but complains bluntly that they're “all shit,” as if he were just paying a crappy tip at a restaurant. . Williams' character Beth, on the other hand, is the divine counterpoint described by Richard as “God's representative of perfection on earth,” though it's debatable how much of this is purely histrionic.
Wynne winds up these characters and fires them at each other like field mice, mocking their privilege, their drive for self-preservation, and their empty pride in making delicious clafoutis. This movie is about a very special kind of friendship. Friendship is not built on love, but on the grudging acceptance that no one else may be miserable enough to bear each other.What a shame, then! jessica's troubles Changes to sincerity by the end. A bolder movie could have failed to remind us that they are all human. But as a way to watch obnoxious people sweat, it works well enough.
Director: Matt Wynn. Cast: Shirley Henderson, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams, Indira Varma. 15, 89 minutes.
“The Trouble with Jessica” will be released on April 5th.
