Afternoon Delight (2013)

Wonderful Movie

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

If there is a film, that truly depicts, how it is to be and feel as a woman, then this is it. At least for me every second of it was true. It's a gem in array of films made by men and the way they think woman is and should be.

The story makes no sense at all. They are the worst parents ever. They forget about their child in every scene. The mother goes out with her kid, and suddenly she returns alone. At the end, she puts her sleeping kid in a box with wheels and carries him in the middle of the night to see the kids father. It makes no sense, she carries her kid in a box.If a was a cop and I saw that, I would call child services. It makes absolutely no sense. Plus, it's boring, slow. Basically, nothing happens and then it ends.Please, do not waste your time.

A charming, touching indie dramedy. I watched it mainly because I really like comedian Kathryn Hahn. I've loved her presence as a character actress since she popped up in Step Brothers a few years back, and she's stolen scenes in movies such as Wanderlust and TV shows such as Parks & Recreation since then. I'd heard it was a bad film, but I thought it was pretty good. Hahn stars as a wife and mother. Her marriage (to Josh Radnor) isn't bad, necessarily, but their sex life has kind of died. One night, on a whim, she decides to have a couples date with her best friend at a strip club (her friend swears that it gets her husband's motor running). There she meets a young stripper played by Juno Temple, and she becomes a little obsessed with the girl afterward. Not sexually, exactly, though there may be an element of that. It's kind of a motherly attention, mixed with a deep curiosity regarding the girl's highly sexual lifestyle. When she finds the girl outside of work, she's basically homeless, so Hahn takes her home, hoping to maybe glean some of her secrets. There isn't much of a plot. It's mostly just a film about people. It really gives Hahn, who is in general a supporting player, a chance to shine, and, man, does she ever. This is a fantastic performance. Temple is quite good, too. The men in the picture are a little underdeveloped. If Radnor had been more of a character, the film might have been great. As it is, it's pretty good.

This is a film that irks me because parts of it put me in the middle. I don't like to be indecisive. Some parts hit me harder than others. I just did not really relate to wealthy young people who like in Silver Lake. I wanted to, and I tried hard but I just could not. I understood Kathryn Hahn stress and issues but they way she acted it just seemed like she was suffering from first-world problems. It could have been acted in a way that would make me feel bad for her or at least relate to her, but I didn't. I get it. Rich white people take small issues and make them big. That got across but not in a way that moved me. It just seemed redundant. Like the themes were lazily thrown at you. Like "Hey, strippers have sex, they might even have sex with you if they're drunk enough" Like OK, got it. I probably liked Juno Temple's character the best, because I felt that it was the most believable. I think that, despite the fact that overall I liked it, these kinds of films should not be made anymore. Who really cares about suburban strife, make movies about people with real problems, like people in Darfur. Jeez