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Jul 24, 2020 · ‘Saint Frances’ tells the story of a nanny who finds friendship with a six-year-old left in her care. Credit: Vertigo Releasing. Saint Frances is full of scenes that upend what we’ve come to ...
Nov 13, 2020 · The tone of Saint Frances turns a lot more serious as it goes along, including a brilliantly written and performed sequence where Bridget and Frances discuss heavy topics like suicide, religion, and divorce over ice cream. And yet, watching a floundering nanny and her adorable ward talk about such topics never feels out of place because O’Sullivan, Thompson, and Williams (who, like her ...
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It has taken me a while to figure out what I thought about Saint Frances, a gentle drama built around the life of Bridget (Kelly O'Sullivan), a 34-year-old waitress yet to find her purpose in life ...
Feb 28, 2020 · Comedy. 106 minutes ‧ NR ‧ 2020. Sheila O'Malley. February 28, 2020. 5 min read. There’s an extremely eccentric movie going on within the conventional confines of “Saint Frances.”. For me, one of the signs of adulthood is when you realize that nobody has things figured out. Even the most put-together person has demons, weak spots, flaws.
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O’Sullivanplays Bridget, a 34-year-old woman drifting through life aimlessly as a restaurant server. When we first meet her, she’s at a party, flirting with a man who shuns her immediately the second he knows that she’s a waitress. At this exact moment, we can sense the embarrassment that Bridget is feeling. Not because of the fact that this man lo...
The movie’s radical approach to Bridget’s abortion might be the part that will spark a lot of conversation, but the heart and soul of Saint Francesactually rest on the relationship between Bridget and Franny. When they first meet, Bridget has no idea how to take care of a six-year-old child. Hell, she doesn’t even like children in the first place. ...
Saint Francesdoesn’t make a big statement about the female experience until its final moment, and it doesn’t need to. By simply showing us what it feels like to be a woman in a modern world in ways that are real and sincere, the movie has successfully engaged us to talk about things that are rarely touched before in movies. It’s funny and heart-war...
Jul 16, 2020 · In Saint Frances, a mother confesses to her adult daughter that she used to fantasise about smashing her baby’s head against the wall. On some days, parenthood felt simply like too much to handle.
Mar 1, 2020 · Turns out there are a lot of things that have gone unsaid in movies until now, and “Saint Frances” goes there in a way that’s not only enlightening, but entertaining as well. This ...
