GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

transoptical This small but gracefully poignant movie knocked me to my knees. It takes a few scenes to get oriented and sense the lurking power behind the acting, the script, the camera work, the direction. The film seems to sort itself into a series of vignettes that each carry the intensity of a looming freight engine, netting you in with magnetic emotional conflict and portent. A toddler is kidnapped from an emotional cripple due to the unwelcome force of empathy impinging upon a street smart runaway young delusional woman whose adopted duty in life is to distance herself from the demands of society. The fate and welfare of the child sets up an anticipatory force field of protective instinct in the viewer that rivets their heart to the precisely unfolding drama.The pacing of the unwinding plot is genius. We know the story can end only one way- with the kidnapping uncovered. This inevitability is slowly ratcheted up by a series of scenes that, with a script and direction wrenching at the soul of human dysfunction while being as real as any street level Italian neo-realist film, gets to the disturbing tragic core of people trying to keep from drowning in the lives they have made for themselves. Director Sian Heder conjurs a consistency of performance from her actors that is immediate and gritty and profound. Each segment can almost stand alone as a compaction of hope and anxiety and imperfect coping skills meeting their revelation as not sufficient for the tasks of reality.This film will be taught in film schools one day. The highest comment I can pay is to claim that "Talulah" stands up to the aesthetic rigors of any Dogme 95 offering.

morrison-dylan-fan After catching the superb The Fundamentals of Caring another "Netflix exclusive" recommendation came up over the credits. With having enjoyed seeing Ellen Page in the slick Thriller The East,I decided that it was time to meet Tallulah.The plot:Deciding after running their smashed up van on stolen credit cards that it is time he goes back to meet his mum,Nico gets in a heated argument with his girlfriend Tallulah.Waking up the next morning to find Nico gone, Tallulah decides to travel down to New York. Reaching New York before Nico, Tallulah tracks down his mum Margo,who tells Tallulah that she has not seen her son in two years,and for her to get lost. Scavenging for food at a hotel, Tallulah is seen by hotel guest Carolyn. Believing her to be a staff member, Carolyn asks Tallulah if she can look after her baby whilst she goes on a date. Accepting the offer, Tallulah is taken aback,when Carolyn returns home drunk. Disguised at what she sees, Tallulah kidnaps the baby.View on the film:Spending almost the whole movie dragging a baby along,Ellen Page gives an incredible performance as Tallulah. Never shying away from the rough edges of Tallulah,Page shows a touching playfulness and dedication towards the baby,which Page smartly keeps away from undermining the casual Punk attitude Tallulah expresses over the crimes she commits. Cooling down when meeting Tallulah for the second time (this time with a baby) Allison Janney gives a sparkling performance as Margo. Reuniting with Page for the third time, Janney gives Margo a nervousness of being comfortable in her own skin,which Janney breaks with the natural chemistry shared with Page and an empathetic openness.Inspired by her own babysitting experiences,writer/director Sian Heder makes her film directing debut by taking on the "never work with children" challenge and passing with flying colours. Hunched in Tallulah and Nico's hippy van, Heder & cinematographer Paula Huidobro give the baby run an earthy atmosphere,where washed out colours get under the brittle nails that Tallulah is living her life under. Moving Tallulah and the baby from rough streets to high class apartments, Heder tightly holds the close-ups to engulf the viewer in the pressure on Tallulah,which is freed by a startling flight of fantasy bookend.Softening Margo when Tallulah returns with a baby,the screenplay by Sian Heder spins a hip,whip-smart "Women's Picture" touchingly painting the friendship between the women from abrasive over Tallulah keeping her most personal things hidden from Margo,to the explosively rabble rousing,as Tallulah helps Margo to discover that she can proudly hold her head high.Giving the kidnapping a sly comedic underline, Heder wisely never makes excuses for Tallulah's actions,with Heder avoiding any moral justification,to present Tallulah at her most rough-edged Punk best,as Tallulah grabs the baby and is gone baby gone.

johndf-44528 This movie was a heartfelt wonderfully acted intelligent well thought out movie. It kept my attention from start to finish. Ellen Page was fabulous as the homeless girl her acting was stellar. Juno would be the other film that I thought she did a wonderful acting job in.Very enjoyable movie, not sure why some people thought it didn't have a soul. You would have to be cold as a stone to not feel the emotion and see the beauty of this story. Didn't expect much of because I not a big fan of Ellen Page, but this was a very powerful performance along side co star Allison Janney who was equally powerful in her performance. This is a must see film

Wanderlust_Hinton Tallulah is a slow burner movie, I mean really really slow. I almost went to sleep in the first five minutes and I wish I did go to sleep after finishing it. The main actors are all dead pan actors and fail to convey any emotion. The plot is very predictable and the dialogue is weak and boring. The conversations are awkward and unrealistic and you'll hate all the characters in the movie because this movie wants you to hate them. I mean really the point of a movie is to go in and watch it to be entertained, have fun or be emotionally moved. This movie didn't reach any expectation I had for it. You are better off going to watch Juno if you want to watch a better movie than Tallulah. Tallulah has no soul and the characters have no soul. It's the worst movie I've seen in 2016.