Once in a while, a film touches you on a deeper level. It is gentle, unpredictable and thought provoking. This is such a film. Beautifully acted, Susan Sarandon carries the scenes on her own. It is one of her best performances since Dead Man walking.Films are so often obvious. They can be absurd even, but this film was so true to life. Expect the unexpected and actually things don't add up and you can't just fit things into a box with a neat little bow. Life is confusing, chaotic and beautiful. It's real. That's it and this film shows it all fully without covering up the details. And yet things aren't always said, they are implied or hinted at. I love it.I love a film that leaves you wondering, yet already knowing. Thanks for this.I don't usually write a film review, well hardly ever, but today I felt I needed to write one about The Meddler - enjoy.

It might just have been the right moment, the right mood in which I watched the movie. But I really enjoyed watching it and thought it was funny as well. Thought Marnie was a great character. Just a nice "house, garden and kitchen" (a.k.a every day life) movie, as we would say in Holland.

I had read a brief summary of this film elsewhere... recent widow, interferes in daughters life, interferes in everyone's life, and I expected just another variation on the Bad Mama, Bad Neighbour, Bad anyone-you-can-care to mention theme. Not a bit, though.Sure it seems to start that way, and Marnie (Susan Sarandon) is irritating at first, but as the film went on I warmed to her. It is easy to knock someone who needs to fill their lives maybe with their perceived needs of others, but Marnie is a genuine character. She is no saint, but nor is she unlikeable. She's kind, frustrating, generous, fragile, sensitive, insensitive; in fact she's human.I found it a believable performance by Susan Sarandon. Slightly unsure on the accent, but for all I know the rest could actually just be Susan Sarandon.JK Simmons is always worth watching, and whilst his character may be a bit too flawless, he still ticks all the boxes.Spoiler: I also expected the film to cop-out with the ending: Mother gets what she wants for her daughter, but there's no happy ending for Lori, and in a way that's refreshing.Finally, loved the lighting quality. Everywhere, (plane trips, East Coast, outdoors) was bright, and it made me feel uplifted.

Written and directed by a female director of 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World' fame. The film revolves around an aging woman who recently lost her husband is now trying her best for her only daughter who is still a single in her middle age. With all the wealth she inherited from her dead husband, she uses them for the good cause of the people in her circle. This is like a sweet little film, about doing what seems the right thing to do. So it is a feel good kind of film that suits for the family audience.A simple drama, but it also portrayed the struggles, in a good sense like no stress or violence in it. Some of the comedies were really good, makes you laugh when you least expected. At a time slightly romantic, but mostly stays away from that concept. More like a retired person thing, like how their life goes on on the daily basis was the idea of this film. Like how you keep yourself engaged with something, including learning the current trends and making small- small mistakes unknowingly, totally appeals softly.Susan Sarandon was superb and her co-stars like Rose Byrne, JK Simmons and others were not bad either. I don't think this is just for women, pretty much the same for everybody, I mean the watching experience would be. I did not know what to expect, but ended up liking it, so I hope the same for you as well. This is not a gem, but still worth a watch for the way everything told in the film. Particularly if you are bored of the blowing up building stuffs, it would be like a refresher if you give it a try.7/10