Today I went to a special showing of the Oscar-nominated Live Action films. This was a very unusual year because I don't see any clear winner nor did I see any film I disliked. Oddly, however, I didn't see any I loved either and picking the winner is amazingly difficult.
Of all the nominees, "The Voorman Problem" and "Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?" are by far the slightest and least likely to win the Oscar. HOWEVER, both films are very good and I am thrilled they included them. That's because the other three are all super-depressing (one is about child soldiers/rape and murder, another is about domestic violence and the other is about a child who is dying). I and the rest of the audience really NEEDED a film like "Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?" as we might have otherwise just stuck our heads in the oven when we got home! Now I am not being critical of these depressing films--they deserved the nominations. But "Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?" provided some laughs and left me feeling not totally depressed!
The film has a very simple plot--a family awakens too late to get to a wedding. They've overslept and NOTHING is going right....nothing. I cannot say more, as it would spoil the laughs. Suffice to say, we've all had days like this...well, not quite like THIS...but close! Well worth seeing.
