It's very well done. Yes, it's depressing. A lot of what happens in life is depressing. And with one exception, I didn't see much in this movie that I felt was less than believable.
But...what the whole plot turns on here...is the attitude of the family. Krisha feels that she is ignored--everyone else is off doing their things, playing games, watching football, whatever. She feels left out, shut out, and finally...she goes up to her room and somehow manages to open a bottle of wine.
Really? We are given to understand that the entire extended family knows that this is a damaged woman, someone who is on the edge of dysfunction. Would any family who really gave a damn let her stand there on her own for extended periods of time, ignore her? Wouldn't they come forward to talk to her, ask her to join in a game, to walk in the backyard, ...any damn thing? Anything at all???
This doesn't make sense to me. The viewer can either conclude that all the language of the family members about missing Krisha, loving her, etc is so much klaptrap, or...she can conclude that the script itself doesn't make sense.
In rating this highly, I have given the benefit of a doubt to the filmmaker. I wonder though if he deserves it. No-one else seems at all surprised by this unwillingness of the family members to offer Krisha moral support.
But...what the whole plot turns on here...is the attitude of the family. Krisha feels that she is ignored--everyone else is off doing their things, playing games, watching football, whatever. She feels left out, shut out, and finally...she goes up to her room and somehow manages to open a bottle of wine.
Really? We are given to understand that the entire extended family knows that this is a damaged woman, someone who is on the edge of dysfunction. Would any family who really gave a damn let her stand there on her own for extended periods of time, ignore her? Wouldn't they come forward to talk to her, ask her to join in a game, to walk in the backyard, ...any damn thing? Anything at all???
This doesn't make sense to me. The viewer can either conclude that all the language of the family members about missing Krisha, loving her, etc is so much klaptrap, or...she can conclude that the script itself doesn't make sense.
In rating this highly, I have given the benefit of a doubt to the filmmaker. I wonder though if he deserves it. No-one else seems at all surprised by this unwillingness of the family members to offer Krisha moral support.