The movie definitely had a slowness to it. And yes, she could be viewed as an "unlikeable" main character. But that's why I liked it. She was real. Life can be "slow", if we imagine it should always be fast. There are people just like her. Whose life is hum drum like the movie appeared.. I continued watching the movie waiting for a moment.. something that made viewing it worth it. Maybe most won't find that. But I did. The listless lead portrayed in this film I see in my everyday life. Selfish, disconnected, and not in tune with what's most important in life. So caught up in their "busy" lives, self-spun, they forget to just STOP & listen to their mothers! And think.. Hey! Maybe I don't know everything.. Maybe I'M wrong & not everything around me.. I've been hurt, but who am I hurting? These are conclusions many never reach, in life, not just while watching a movie. Yet this movie pointed a headlight on it. I liked that. I didn't feel that 'thing' I was hoping for until.. She realizes the right choice. Perhaps it was her tragedy, perhaps it was watching someone else's pain. Whichever.. It was nice to see her moved to change, and it made the 2nd to last -sofa scene- important. Seeing someone else. Helping someone else. Doing a much needed repair, on her OWN, using the 'tools' her momma taught her. No matter how "strange our parents may seem" can't we harvest some truth from what they teach? It's title had no meaning until the final scenes, for me it accomplished its feat. Out of a chosen mediocre life, ALL of us can snap into place, and make it happy, if we choose to Make The Rules.
Review of Making the Rules
