This is a very good, very deliberate portrait of Mary Phillips a 60 something woman who after divorce and years of celibacy decided to change and become intimate with people. Long takes and shots that don't reveal everything paints a portrait of a woman who is living life on her terms.
This is going to be a film you either click with or don't. You either like the way this is done or you don't. Some people are going to fall madly in love with this and others are going to like this but not love it. (I did some reading after watching and saw people were split).
Realistically this is a really good, off beat portrait of a nice woman, but I don't think this has the legs to advance much farther into the award process. It's not for lack of quality (hell if I saw this ona different day I might rate it higher) however I think the presentation is probably going to hobble it's chances.
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