![]() Lehmann does make the city look magnificent and Cuoco and Davidson throw themselves fully into these characters, who are equal parts funny, awkward and dark. Even the rules of the time-loop stop mattering after a while. All of Sheila’s machinations come from a mundane place: She’s broken and Gary’s broken and so they spend most of their time together just enjoying the wonders of New York City while comparing their respective traumas. Unlike “Groundhog Day” and “Palm Springs” (and “Russian Doll,” “Edge of Tomorrow,” “Happy Death Day,” “Source Code,” etc.), “Meet Cute” falls into a rut fairly quickly, because it lacks the breadth of imagination that makes the best time-loop stories work. The plot races from one tense outdoor confrontation to the next, as “Lou” tells a simple but effective story about two women enduring the harshness of the elements and the machinations of violent men. ![]() The mystery of who Lou is and why she takes an interest in Hannah isn’t as surprising as the movie makes it out to be but Janney is so commanding as an unlikely action hero that the picture still works. As Lou heads out into the rain-soaked wilderness to straighten all this out, she proves so surprisingly capable at tracking and killing that Hannah quickly realizes that her prickly landlord must have a dark past. ![]() Set during a dangerous storm, the film follows Lou’s cash-strapped tenant Hannah (Jurnee Smollett), who needs help when her unreliable ex, Phillip (Logan Marshall-Green), kidnaps their young daughter for reasons that may have something to do with the other shady guys who are creeping around in the woods. As the title character in the thriller “Lou,” Janney again plays someone two or three steps ahead of whomever crosses her path - though this time she doesn’t talk so much, because she doesn’t want to risk spilling one of her many secrets.ĭirected by Ann Foerster from a screenplay co-written by Maggie Cohn and Jack Stanley, “Lou” stars Janney as a reclusive landowner in a small Pacific Northwest coastal community in the late 1980s. Allison Janney has spent much of her career playing women who can outthink and outtalk just about anyone. ![]()
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