The big measure of success for Lisa Cholodenko came in 2010 when she directed The Kids Are All Right, which went on to be nominated for four Oscars including three acting nods. She has a well-deserved reputation for being a director who is especially in tune with actors, evidenced by the three Oscar nominations for Kids as well as multiple acting award recognition for her previous films Laurel Canyon and Cavedweller. With Kids, though, she was introduced to mainstream audiences in a big way, offering up a movie that felt funny the way things are funny in real life, not with big laughs coming from carefully crafted and executed punchlines but observational notes and absurd situations. Somebody hire her for a new movie already, please.
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Published: Apr 15, 2013 06:27 pm