And like you said, Jenny did a great job of demonstrating the dynamic between two sisters. I think that was another reason why I loved it so much: the scenes felt like they were taken straight from my life (And when I say scenes, I mean the dialogue, the biting, underhand comments, the eye rolls, as well as the gossiping, like in the beginning of the picture. I loved that part in the beginning when Kym talked about how skinny Rachel was. My sister and I say things like that all the time (I usually say: “I’m jealous…What have you NOT been eating?”)

And though I love the movie, I CAN see how someone could find it annoying…the one part where the two sisters reminisce about some kid from their childhood on the bed when they first meet up – strikes me as true, but slightly annoys me?

At any rate, I can understand that, though I will continue to promote the film! And let me know what you think of Marie Antoinette!…I’m curious.

Demme is a man who I really, truly admire on a technical level, but damn if I wasn’t violently annoyed by every single person . . . no, thing in this movie. I can totally understand that these people are meant to be ugly, to have rough edges -just like real people. But I almost found it to be so insistent on creating this faux reality that it felt like some sort of emotional 3D, where things awkwardly come at you to remind you of how real this all is. (The never ending toasts immediately spring to mind.)

If anything, I think this movie proves that there needs to be some form of theatrical sheen as a buffer between an audience and the movie.

On the plus side, Mare Antoinette is in my que per your write-up.

Not to sound overly feminist here, but I really believe this and have said before: “A man could’ve never written this script.” Meaning, you need a woman’s insight to delve into the relationship and characteristics of these two sisters – the way they talk, how they resent yet still love one another, etc. Again, not to be biased, but I think that a woman’s voice for the script is the reason why we have such small, brilliant details – the dishwasher scene comes to mind right now when I write this.

So yes, round of applause for Jenny Lumet too. Because no film could come alive so realistically if it weren’t for the right kind of script that gets that across in dialogue and description of action.