Jude is pure evil, there’s really nothing else to her. Basically if she can’t do whatever she wants
(in addition to disappearing for three years she also left for three months out
of the blue on a separate previous occasion) then she’ll manipulate everyone
around her until she gets her way. The
woman even attempts murder on her own mother to gain her family again. She also pulls a classic move where she meets
with the husband’s new flame and proceeds to cut herself with a shard of glass exclaiming
that the other person did it (you know, like Ed Norton in Fight Club or Mark Wahlberg in Fear). There’s also a bizarre scene where Jude makes
her oldest son look at her naked body to show him the C-section scar. Ew.
One of the disappointing things about this picture is that
they never explain why Jude left or why she decided to return. You would think that would be some big
dramatic reveal but the filmmakers simply ignore it (or it got cut in editing). If Jude was developed much more as a
character I could see where this may not be as important. But she’s not which makes this a rather large
gap that needs some sort of explanation.
There are a few unintentional funny moments like when Jude
trashes her apartment in a fit of rage and smashes glass windows with her bare
hand cutting it to shit. Or the part
where Jude meets with her husband and says she wants her family back but the
entire time she’s drinking, is barely able to stay clothed and yells shit like “all
I ever wanted was for us to be happy” and “in the courts eyes I’m still their
fucking mama!”
I’ll admit Jamie Lee Curtis puts on a fun show to watch at
times and some of the camerawork is kinda neat actually but overall I can’t
think of any real good reason to recommend this.
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