Felicity Huffman and Anastasia Phillips star in director Amy Jo Johnson's film about a wreck of a woman and the daughter who tries to pick up after her and care for her. Director Johnson spoke before the film and called it a comedy, but we found it deeply depressing. Huffman's Tammy is a drunk whose life is a complete mess even before she finds out she is seriously ill. Phillips as her daughter Cathy is barely better off, working in a seedy bar and getting her morsels of human contact where she can, at the expense of others and herself.
Hamilton is the setting for this film that captures the grit and misery of poverty, and the stereotypes (which I know are not all true) of Hamilton as a dirty, ugly city are unfortunately strongly reinforced. The acting was good in this film, but I did not see any redemption for people trapped in a lousy life, and whatever comedic notes there were didn't really work for me.
Maybe this is a portal into the lives of Trump supporters.
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