If some rando can chime in here: the buried-in-the-sand fellow also comes back briefly in a scene in the middle between Ann and her new love interest in the care home (Joseph)- when Joseph talks about a guy who was disappeared from the care home and that image of the buried man is cut in. Good review- I have nothing against Thelma but the elderly are usually light comedy fodder if they're seen at all. I thought this film did something a lot more unique.
Yes, I believe you're correct, but I was never sure why they were doing that... was that just another form of torture to get them to hand over their money? Thanks for reading my review and subscribing!
Good review! I quite liked this film; there's a couple of intimate scenes between Emma and her grandmother that work great, and Emma's relationship with the traitorous gardener had a lot of chemistry. A couple of comments: I believe Ann's background wasn't military; she was part of a longstanding criminal family in Texas. Also, the guy buried at the beginning of the film is alluded to by Rivera, when Ann is strapped to the gurney in the "Departure Lounge" and he says something like "You can tell me when you're buried in sand," suggesting that the guy in the sand was one of the care facility's former residents who disappeared (Joseph mentions a guy who just disappeared). FWIW
Yeah, I caught that line but nothing really happened with that opening scene, I almost forgot it by the time it was referenced. Thanks for reading it, Pat! Come visit me in NYC! :)
If some rando can chime in here: the buried-in-the-sand fellow also comes back briefly in a scene in the middle between Ann and her new love interest in the care home (Joseph)- when Joseph talks about a guy who was disappeared from the care home and that image of the buried man is cut in. Good review- I have nothing against Thelma but the elderly are usually light comedy fodder if they're seen at all. I thought this film did something a lot more unique.
Yes, I believe you're correct, but I was never sure why they were doing that... was that just another form of torture to get them to hand over their money? Thanks for reading my review and subscribing!
Beats me. Do I get to visit you in NYC too now?
Kidding kidding.
Good review! I quite liked this film; there's a couple of intimate scenes between Emma and her grandmother that work great, and Emma's relationship with the traitorous gardener had a lot of chemistry. A couple of comments: I believe Ann's background wasn't military; she was part of a longstanding criminal family in Texas. Also, the guy buried at the beginning of the film is alluded to by Rivera, when Ann is strapped to the gurney in the "Departure Lounge" and he says something like "You can tell me when you're buried in sand," suggesting that the guy in the sand was one of the care facility's former residents who disappeared (Joseph mentions a guy who just disappeared). FWIW
Yeah, I caught that line but nothing really happened with that opening scene, I almost forgot it by the time it was referenced. Thanks for reading it, Pat! Come visit me in NYC! :)
We might just do that!!
Maybe when it cools off a bit... NYC is brutal right now :)