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Jun 12, 2014 · Our only criticisms of the movie: the ending seems a bit rushed (is there a director's cut?); and, knowing some working-class men with drug problems, we felt that actor Guy Pearce was too handsome, polished, well-built, and well-spoken to play Ken, the movie's principal male character.
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- Drama, Romance
- Liza Johnson
- 2014-06-12
Sep 17, 2013 · Both are worthy stories, but Munro's asks more of the reader than Hateship Loveship does of the viewer -- there is no neat resolution, no expository conversations, no guarantee of a happy ending in Munro's narrative. The ending of "HFCLM" might be a happy one -- we don't actually know, because Munro refuses to tell us.
- Grace O'connell
Apr 10, 2014 · In spite of some updating — email has replaced typewritten letters in one crucial plot turn, and a ne’er-do-well has been turned into a drug addict — “Hateship Loveship” unfolds in a ...
- Liza Johnson
- Wiig does drama.
- Verdict
By Matt Patches
Posted: Apr 10, 2014 5:31 am
Comedians make versatile dramatic actors. Their dark spirits rarely glow like a movie star and bold choices subvert expectations hammered in by their career history. Like Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine and The Truman Show, Kristen Wiig is becoming the most capable of her peers, translating her off-beat comedic presence into vulnerability.
Corrosive behavior in Friends with Kids, Girl Most Likely's drifting housewife, a romantic lead for Ben Stiller in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and her most complex character yet, a carnal, misguided, empathetic twin sister in the upcoming Skeleton Twins.
Hateship Loveship notices that potential in Wiig without ever nurturing it to a compelling angle. It's a quirky indie dramedy in all the worst ways. So many smart choices, meandering to a nothing conclusion.
Based on a short story by Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro, Hateship Loveship stars Wiig as Johanna, a caretaker-for-hire who jumps from hospice to nannying when a family patriarch (Nick Nolte) requests her services. With his granddaughter Sabitha (Hailee Steinfeld) coming of age under the wings of her rebellious friend Edith (Sami Gayle) and his son-in-law, Ken (Guy Pearce), burning out like an ashy cigarette butt, Mr. McCauley seeks back-up to fix his broken home. On paper, Johanna's the perfect choice. Integrated into the family, she's a silent, unknowing destroyer of worlds. Hard to blame her.
Hateship Loveship showcases Kristen Wiig's Serious Actress potential, but never offers a compelling or smart enough tale to do her efforts justice.
- Matt Patches
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"Hateship Loveship" borders on being a romantic comedy, but it's more bitter than sweet. Johanna is a caring and loving woman, and yet she is at the receiving end of a very cruel joke. She gets much of my sympathy, even though she hangs on to the man despite the man's numerous shortcomings.
Apr 6, 2014 · Adapting this story for a film, which has been retitled simply Hateship Loveship, director Liza Johnson and screenwriter Mark Poirier disastrously set about immediately and directly voicing all of the source material’s subtexts so that we know right off where everyone emotionally stands.
Apr 17, 2014 · “Hateship” turns on what happens when the roguish reprobate is overtaken by Johanna’s unwavering determination. That’s where most of the film’s tension should reside. Confusions ...
