On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are finally moving out of the garden shed! We watched the 2016 film from Rachel Tunnard, Adult Life Skills.
The subtitle of this episode is especially meaningful this time. As we kick off our month-long series of “films that broke us,” we found that it’s important to understand the many qualities of grief.
There’s the crushing weight of it that many of us are familiar with. It’s the emotion that we wouldn’t wish on a single person, but sadly, it’s a universal and human experience.
But then there’s the flip side of grief. It doesn’t always have to be only sad. It’s important to remember that grief is also an outpouring of love for what has gone. It’s a final chance to show the love we carried within us.
In this film, the great Jodie Whittaker does an amazing job of portraying a broken person with unfathomable depths of unexpressed love. Hers is an powerful performance within a worthwhile film.
(Recorded on December 16, 2022)
Links to Stuff We Mentioned:
Adult Life Skills - The Movie Database (TMDB)
Adult Life Skills trailer - YouTube
“Adult Life Skills Patch” Sticker - Redbubble
(Maybe it’s not a patch, but there are stickers out there!)
Jodie Whittaker — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Broadchurch (TV Series 2013–2017) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
David Tennant — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Olivia Colman — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Brett Goldstein — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Ted Lasso (TV Series 2020- ) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Emotional Fusebox (2014) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
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