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Tully
2018 95 min Canada, United States of America R 18+
★7.3
Comedy, Drama
Director: Jason Reitman
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Description
Marlo, a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant at first, she quickly forms a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.
US Gross:
$9.37M
Worldwide:
$15.64M
Starring
Charlize Theron
Actor
Mackenzie Davis
Actor
Ron Livingston
Actor
Awards
Golden Globe 2019
— Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)
Key opinion
Tully is widely regarded as a raw, honest exploration of the exhaustion and isolation inherent in modern motherhood, anchored by a transformative lead performance from Charlize Theron. While some critics praise its poignant approach to postpartum mental health, others find its narrative structure—particularly the tonal shift brought by the titular character—to be divisive.
| Acting | Charlize Theron delivers a physically and emotionally transformative performance that grounds the film's depiction of motherhood in raw, exhausted realism. | |
| Screenplay | The script succeeds by rejecting sanitized tropes, instead offering an unflinching look at the darker, mundane realities of raising children. | |
| Humor | The film functions as a nuanced tragicomedy, with dark humor used effectively to navigate the bleakness of the protagonist's depression. | |
| Ending | The ending and the narrative twist are divisive; some viewers find the resolution powerful and thought-provoking, while others feel it feels artificial or predictable. | |
| Pacing | Opinions on the film's tonal and narrative focus are split, as some feel the arrival of the night nanny creates a dream-like, less impactful atmosphere compared to the gritty realism of the opening act. |