Rating: 5/5
San Fernando Valley, 1987
Carol is a bored, rich housewife who suddenly becomes ill, and no doctor or psychiatrist can determine why
Environmental Illness: Are You Allergic to the 20th Century?
All in white and pastel, accosted by black couches, black trucks unloading black fumes, black gangs invading the city
Dad, how do you spell "uzi"?
She’s safe as houses in a gated mansion: safe from harm, safe from herself and her hate. Walking the garden at night, she holds a wilted rose — a spotlight on her, security detail for the neighborhood
I found the whole 12-step thing just another form of addiction
Julianne Moore is incredible in this — forever underrated
There are so many good overheard lines, but one of my favorites is a woman talking about her young son’s seemingly psychosomatic illness. “He can’t go into Chunky Cheese anymore! Why would he do that to himself?”
Funny, unnerving, cruel, beautiful — I love this movie, and I barely understand it. I’m going to spending a lot of time thinking about this one