Introduction:
Tuesday is an offbeat drama that is directed and produced by Daina Oniunas-Pusic, for her directorial debut and screenplay. It is a Michael Showalter film while the main cast includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays Zora, a mother who will do all possible to take care of her daughter in a terminal stage, Tuesday is played by Lola Petticrew. ‘Tuesday’ is a fantasy/dark comedy play that discusses issues to do with death, acceptance and the relationship that family members have as the end nears.
Release Date:
The film ‘’Tuesday’’ first three were released in theatres on June 14, 2024, while the rest of the series was released on streaming platforms on July 16, 2024. Even though the movie is half in English there are subtitles in other languages including Spanish, French, and German among others and has been released with subtitles in various languages, including Spanish, French, and German.
Crew:
| Role | Name(s) |
|---|---|
| Director | Daina O. Pusić |
| Producer | Helen Gladders, Ivana MacKinnon, Oliver Roskill |
| Music Director | Anna Meredith |
| Story Writer | Daina O. Pusić |
| Screenplay | Daina O. Pusić |
| Editor | Arttu Salmi |
Cast:
| Actor/Actress | Character Name |
|---|---|
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Zora |
| Lola Petticrew | Tuesday |
| Arinze Kene | Death |
| Leah Harvey | Nurse Billie |
| Hugh Futcher | Hans |
| Ellie James | Willow |
| Justin Edwards | Jack |
| Jay Simpson | Spike |
| Taru Devani | Ira |
| David Sibley | Robert |
| Nathan Amzi | Nathan |
| Ewens Abid | Abel |
| Nathan Ives-Moiba | Victor |
Story:
The soup plot of the film concentrates on the life of a teenage girl, Tuesday who was an ailment-struck soluble but as a result of this ailment she became a paralyzed girl using an oxygen cylinder. The one who does not accept the fact that the girl is gone, the daughter she had is Zora – her mother. Death arrives as an articulate pink parrot who can talk as the black actor Arinzé Kene offers both company and existentialist and metaphysical discourses relevant to life, dying and its complexities.
Returning to the real-life story of Zora and Tuesday the movie met the emotional aspect of the process and highlighted such notions as denial, acceptance and mother-daughter love. This brings nice shade to the story which combines with the humour and turns into moments of pathos when there are the scenes with Death.
Review:
Claiming that the movie ‘Tuesday’ is an example of an emotionally dramatic signifying of movie art that stages fantasy and genuinely evokes sorrowful feelings. Good casting, good idea, however, some may bis find the film boring and the surrealistic scenes are too philosophical. In brief, it would be possible to suggest that this intention is embodied in such aspects as the reality of some scenes and the cinematographic concept of screening.
Positives:
- Powerful Performances: It is uncomfortable to see but Julia Louis-Dreyfus is brilliant as Zora, that mother who has to endure a parent’s worst nightmare. Lola Petticrew is just as great in playing Tuesday and she also has a great rendition of her character’s change.
- Unique Concept: In such representation, people will laugh and start pondering on the subject of death with assistance from a distance image of death as the parrot.
- Emotional Depth: Love, death, acceptance – this is what the movie is about and that is why it engages people at multiple emotional levels.
Negatives:
- Pacing Issues: It is possible to watch scenes in which most of the action and primary characters stretch time seemingly interminably, and safely can be spoken of critical input of interest by a viewer.
- Ambiguous Tone: These endearing characters such as Dryden have been presented as having cancer, and suicide bombings and have elements of comedy blended into them and this is what some people may consider rather vulgar.
- Underdeveloped Supporting Characters: In as much as the main characters of the book, Zora and Tuesday have been portrayed to have been changed which was very believable in large part; there were some other characters a viewer could have a feeling something had happened to them, but were never really told enough about it.
Technical Aspects:
- Direction: Another young director of the APT is Daina Oniunas-Pusic whose direction is very visionary but at the same time unpolished, which may be seen through issues with inconsistency of the tonality or pace.
- Cinematography: The use of light and shadows, lenses, and important scenes filmed with movement create both the natural dynamic between the characters and other fantastical scenes that give the movie an emotional ring.
- Sound Design: Lighting is also rather proper for the movie, especially in the scenes connected to Death’s character, as it fully fits the image of the movie and its mood – rather ethereal but still tender.
Performance:
Zora acted by Julia Louis-Dreyfus reminds me of real life, she is nice and tender and she, for instance, can describe a pang of pain in her character. Portraying her character Tuesday, which can be both needy and powerful, Lola Petticrew does a particularly good job at being convincing. Arinzé Kene who voices Death brings an element of humour to the character and lightens the tone which is most needed given the somber topics of the series.
Moviepoptime Review:
I had thought that this film would pay major attention to the rather frail relationship between a mother and her daughter, and the mother’s battle to come to terms with the young girl’s demise. While I know that in other cultures, birds represent death, I did not know this particular bird played a major part in this particular movie. Despite a somewhat strange decision at first, the setting was set. She had a very profound effect on the bird especially since she died in the end, There were so many beautiful interchanges between her and the bird.
I was shocked when the mother cooked the bird, beat it up and finally ate it! This scene was rather monotonous to watch though, of course, I realize the mother’s desperation to save her daughter from dying. It was just doing its duty and that made me pity it. This showed the need for death as well. The dynamics of life are thrown off the station where it is not present. To the same extent, it was shown that the mother suffered for her daughter, but the mother refused to spend time with her, as a result, the girl did not know how much her mother cared for her.
Of course, I heard that the mother has been in denial and has been selling belongings to pay for the medical bills. It was also apparent that the second motif was burying dear ones when they were ailing.d! It was boring to watch, even though I understand that the mother would do anything to keep her daughter from dying.
The bird was merely performing its job, so I felt awful for it. This demonstrated the necessity of death as well. The delicate balance of life is upset in its absence. It was demonstrated how much the mother sacrificed for her daughter, but because the mother avoided spending time with her, the girl was never aware of how much her mother loved her.
I understand that the mother was living in denial and selling possessions to offset her medical expenses. It was also clear that the other motif was letting go of loved ones while they were suffering. The movie was peculiar. It was not a movie I was looking forward to, yet I didn’t spend my money because I had tickets and something to do on Sunday afternoon. I believe that the trailer was very misleading.
Conclusion:
Fantasy and emotions combined: Tuesday is a heartbreaking story about life and death. Though many times slow and certainly have issues with the show’s tone, Veep does not disappoint backed by excellent showings from Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The first book by the author Daina Oniunas-Pusic proves how talented she is as she writes about intricate subjects and tries to make them understandable with the help of many strategies. All the ones who like watching a brilliant film that somehow depicts the story of beauty and pain of love, will not stay indifferent to ‘Tuesday’.
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