Tully (2018) - Fix Not Only Things But Souls!

★★★☆☆

In case you wonder, Tully is a night nanny to help Charlize Theron’s Marlo, a mother of two already including a ‘quirky’ one, to take care of her newborn daughter at nights so that she’d have energy to do things in the daytime. Tully is, like Marlo describes to her husband at the first night she comes to help, kind of weird, because she seems to be able to blend in immediately like no stranger at all. She looks too young to be an experienced nanny, yet she’s amicable, enthusiastic, and passionate for what she’s doing. And guess what, she’s willing to do more than just babysitting. Turns out she’s a game changer that’s much of a surprise to the family!

I don’t know, ‘Tully’ feels like a heart-warming, delightful, and healing drama to see though it gets us to experience the hardship of motherhood on a daily basis. There’s always an aspect of optimism when things seem to be about to spin out of control and break down or blow up if you will. So, nope, there’s nothing so overwhelming or hysterical or crazy here, even the final car crash scene manages to look calm and beautiful! Charlize Theron’s performance is professional and convincing. She’s almost in every frame of the film but you wouldn’t get tired of her as she seems so real and fit in the picture. The film’s overall enjoyable and sometimes moving in spite of a thing or two in there that I don’t think would happen in real life!

‘Tully’ somehow reminds me of the fact that nothing’s too difficult to deal with as long as you’re willing to change a bit the way you look at it! And Tully is such an inspiring character to me, but I don’t fancy having a nanny like that. Rather, I wish to be just like her who is able to fix not only things but souls! And then when there comes a time for her to have to let it be and move on for whatever the reason, she wouldn’t at all hesitate!