Not really like A Serious Man but with a hint of Coen Brothers . . . Life During War Time definitely will challenge you . . . Just so there is no misunderstanding . . . if your tastes leans toward the conventional there no way you will endure this 90 minutes.

The opening scene with the fabulous Shirley Henderson (who I swear is 75% hair) and The Wire‘s Michael K Williams (like you’ve never seen him) sets the eccentric tone. When is the freakishly tall Alison Janney going to get recognized? You’ll recognize the Irish actor Ciarán Hinds and the American icon Paul Rubens.

imdb synopsis

Separated from her incarcerated husband Bill (Hinds), Trish (Janney) is about to be married again. Bill is a pedophile, so Trish couldn’t be more excited to have Harvey (Lerner), a “normal” father figure for her two sons. But when Bill is released from prison and the boys finally meet their future stepdad, the family is forced to decide whether to forgive or to forget. Trish’s sister, the virginal, angelic Joy (Henderson), is also haunted by ghosts of lovers past. On leave from her degenerate husband, Allen (Williams), and her job at a New Jersey correctional facility, Joy unwittingly leaves behind a trail of shame and exposed secrets wherever she goes. In one of the film’s most stylized sequences, the image of Joy walking the dark streets of Miami in her nightgown maintains her innocence against a backdrop of self-affliction and desire.

Distasteful? Perhaps to same. Funny for others. It’s a hard call.


U.S. Release info
Played in many film festivals in 2009 and SIFF May 29 2010
Released July 23, 2010 in 1 Theater
This weekend it plays on six screens in NYC and LA.
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