Their respective character arcs are developed with clarity but, while this is DuplessieвЂ™s breakout performance, the film belongs to Leachman, to the extent that when the focus is very much on Russell, it sags just a touch. While grandmother and grandson fight their internal battles вЂ“ Russell is suffering from depression while Margaret is facing the inevitability of her advancing years вЂ“ the narrative fluctuates between the two and their varying fortunes. While heвЂ™s trying to find a way forward, both personally and as a performer, sheвЂ™s more forgetful than she likes to admit but is stubbornly refusing to listen to daughter EneвЂ™s ( Linda Kash) suggestion of moving to a retirement home. What he hasnвЂ™t reckoned on is her steep decline вЂ“ or that, like him, sheвЂ™s at a crossroads. Russell and long-term boyfriend Justin ( Andrew Bushell) have split up and, with nowhere else to escape to, his elderly grandmother seems to provide the refuge and comparative quiet he needs while he gets back on an even keel.

Given that he lives in the city and sheвЂ™s out in the country, heвЂ™s hardly just passing by вЂ¦.Дirector/writer Phil Connell is equally sparse in explaining the reason behind that arrival. In this instance, it reflects MargaretвЂ™s ( Cloris Leachman) decline and happens just days before she finds her aspiring actor/drag artist grandson Russell ( Thomas Duplessie) standing in her living room. And thatвЂ™s because the incident itself isnвЂ™t that important вЂ“ but what it signifies and what it tells us definitely is. Because the actual explosive moment takes place off screen and is only briefly referred to later on.

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