Film No. 93 (2022) November 20th. 7.35 PM APPLE TV, Mt. Hawthorn, West Australia.
"Hey look, if it gets dark now, you just ride it, okay?." (Lynsey listens to her new friend James who advises her on feeling low and working through those feelings).
Nominee : Gotham Ind Film Awards; Brian Tyree Henry (Best Supporting Role).
Jennifer Lawrence is a mega-star because of her blockbuster roles (THE HUNGER GAMES, AMERICAN HUSTLE) on screen, but to see her in CAUSEWAY is to appreciate what a talent she really is.
There is nothing new on offer in CAUSEWAY. On meeting Lynsey who is suffering a brain trauma after service in Afghanistan, we know the film is going to take us for the ride on her recuperation and recovery journey. She's back in the U.S., beginning her recovery in Nebraska, then drifting home to New Orleans. Once home, fragile and with only one thing on her mind (getting back into military service) Lynsey meets James (Brian Tyree Henry), her accidental mechanic, and a man with a big heart, and his own demons.
See, you've heard these setups before. So why would Jennifer Lawrence (producer) back this made for Apple streaming pic? Because she gets to play a complex character, so simply, but drawing on her prodigious talent. Lawrence has us in the palm of her hand from her first close up. And may I say, without her big screen make up, 32 year old JL could be an angelic eighteen year old in selected scenes here; we know she's not, but she has the ability to depict a fragile innocence we are totally invested in.
It is Lawrence's film; she is simply transfixing. Henry is good to. Their relationship legitimate and heartfelt. He must be pinching himself in snapping up this role. 10GUMS.
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