Life is funny. I went to Blockbuster on Monday night to rent a pile of movies for my two days at home. I was a totally selfish renter, and pretty much stuck with the chick flicks (except "Milk," which I'm hoping the Mr. will watch with me tomorrow night).I had read Elinor Lipman's novel Then She Found Me a few years ago, and loved her story of a woman in her late thirties being found by her birth mother. It was unusual and quirky and funny (as Elinor Lipman's books tend to be). I heard a couple of years ago that Helen Hunt was producing a directing a movie adaptation, and had been meaning to see it. It passed through theaters quickly, and I kind of forgot about it.
Fast forward to Monday, when I was doing a lap around the "New Releases" section -- and there it was. A perfect addition to my chick flick fest!
I watched the movie yesterday (randomly picked it from the pile), and it can't be a coincidence that I ended up watching a poignant movie about love, loss, adoption, miscarriage, IUI and getting older on the day after my transfer. Although parts of it were a little tough to watch, I though it was a beautiful little movie and I really admired Helen Hunt for taking it on and allowing herself to look so, well, old. I'm not sure I would recommend it to anyone struggling with fertility -- like I said, a little hard to watch in places -- but I found it to be kind of grounding.
Oh, and it had Colin Firth in it. Yum. I might recommend it after all!
4 comments:
I second the "yum" on Colin Firth!!!
Hope your bed-rest days are passing quickly! Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
I am glad you are finding good things to entertain you on the BR! That book sounds awesome- I am not familiar with it, but our tastes seem similar. ;)
Thanks for the sweet words on my blog.
Hugs,
Carrie
I think I might have to read that book. I just discovered Kaye Gibbons. She is an amazing author. All of her books are very interesting and well written.
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