‘True Things’ Film Review: Ruth Wilson Utterly Commits to Discomfiting Romantic Drama
09.09.2022 - 21:59
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something to come of this chance encounter, anything to buoy her or tether her to this world.For the most part, “True Things” is a depiction of this ebb and flow between Kate and Blond. He’s a man almost of her own imagination, rarely if ever integrating himself into her life outside of their clandestine meet-ups. She goes with him to a party; he ghosts.
He asks to borrow her car; it’s been missing a week. For how profoundly impossible he is to deal with, Blond embodies a sexy sort of unreliability. Burke, ever a cipher himself, is seductive and charming.
He’s bemused by Kate’s self-doubt and apparent goodness. He likes that she follows the rules, but any time she asks him to behave, he takes it as a personal slight. The two go back and forth several times, and every time Kate forgives Blond, it’s as though she’s fallen deeper under his spell.The repetition may wear on some viewers — at a little over 90 minutes, the film often strains for drama — but Wilson carries the film on her back with confidence.
Kate is endlessly watchable in part due to her relatability: you’ve been her, you’ve known her, you’ve feared becoming her. Though the circumstances are different for everyone everywhere, “True Things” is smart enough to keep the tensions running high enough until it’s almost like watching a thriller. No one is as they seem, true, not only in movies but also in life.There’s a whole host of buzzwords that could be thrown at a film like “True Things” — love-bombing, narcissism, back-pocketing, toxicity, and so on and so forth.
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