Tully

"First things first, this review is not going to describe Charlize Theron as “brave” because she gained some weight for a role. Theron, a glamorous movie star, plays Marlo, mother of a newborn here, and you know what? That’s ok. Movie stars can be mums, too - in fact, Theron already is. What would have been brave, though, is if screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman had the confidence to tell their story of an everyday woman finding it tough to juggle the demands of being a mother and wife without resorting to cheap narrative tricks - the kind that leave one exiting the cinema feeling let down by Tully’s third act."

""Tully" has its heart (and many other things) in the right place, but by the end you wish it had an imagination finely executed enough to match its empathy."

"...a major movie about motherhood in which Cody's signature sarcasm has deepened into anxiety, exhaustion and wisdom - she's truly becoming a voice for the ages."

"Ms. Theron and Ms. Davis make a pleasurable, watchable pair - Ms. Davis is obviously happy to be the moon to Ms. Theron's sun - but "Tully" isn't really interested in the sustaining joys of female bonding."

"Theron looked happier driving across a post-apocalyptic desert with a car of frightened slave girls. The terrifying former high school beauty queen she played in Young Adult would glance at Marlo and sneer."

"Viewers who can relate to the subject matter may take solace in seeing their experience writ large, and those who cannot will doubtless feel grateful."

"Theron will put to rest any doubts about her feel for comedy; the darker the better."

"It's one of the more viscerally accurate portraits of parenthood, and specifically motherhood, that the movies have recently given us."

"Packed with more than a couple of possible feminist readings as regards the parenting/career/life question, the often very funny picture entertains while affording its characters their share of no-laughing-matter concerns."

"A rich, rewarding and raggedly honest delight."