A loving mom becomes compelled to reconnect with her creative passions after years of sacrificing herself for her family. Her leap of faith takes her on an epic adventure that jump starts her life and leads to her triumphant rediscovery.
Director: Richard Linklater
Writer: Richard Linklater
Stars: Kristen Wiig, Cate Blanchett and Billy Crudup
Full Cast: Kristen Wiig, Patrick Sebes, Zoe Chao, Lee Harrington, David Paymer, Megan Mullally, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Zahn, Patrick Jordan, Shaun Cameron Hall, Kathryn Feeney, Richard Robichaux
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I ended up seeing this movie to kill some time and I am so glad I did. As someone with anxiety, depression, and past trauma, this movie moved me. The way people can judge others with mental health issues when they have no idea what it's like, is appalling. Cate Blanchet's portrayal of someone fighting inner demons while fighting people who completely misunderstand her is awe-inspiring. I highly recommend this movie for anyone- especially anyone who has or knows someone with mental health issues. I will be taking everyone I know to see this movie.
Fmovies: Saw a little bit of somebody in every character. Pretty much a feel good movie. Loved the family. Loved that it wasn't typical in any way. Not for everyone, like people who thought Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was funny. No nudity, no violence. Some of us like that. Beautiful cinematography in Antarctica!
Richard Linklater has made several movies notable for their originality and excellence - with 'Dazed and Confused', 'Tape', 'Boyhood' and the 'Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight' trilogy being the cream of the crop. He has also made a couple of clunkers, but Bernadette is almost certainly his career low. The acting, script and direction are so abysmal, it's hard to know whether the film was intended to be a drama, comedy or farce. Farcical melodrama seems like the best guess, but unfortunately there's no trace of either humor or drama.
The plot tells how a housewife, married to a successful software geek, is having a mid-life crisis over abandoning her brilliant early career as an architect and designer. After antagonizing neighbors with bizarre behavior and freezing out her family through chronic grouchiness, she absconds. The mystery of her disappearance lasts approximately three minutes before Bernadette's husband and daughter figure out her destination and set off in pursuit. Already dire, from that point onward the film descends to the level of ineptitude and slushy sentimentality usually found in provincial amateur dramatics. Overall, it would be gross deception to describe it as anything better than an embarrassing mess.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette fmovies. What a CRAP movie production 1/10... great acting from Cate B. but it took forever to understand what it was all about
Didnt really understood the plot of this movie. Only good part was Cate's acting. I tried to understand the meaning of the movie but i guess thats going to stay as a mystery for me
I laughed 1 time the entire movie....and I actually wanted to see this. I did not read the book, so perhaps that held back my enjoyment of Bernadette. Cate Blanchette was quite uneven and poor Kristen Wiig was wasted in her role. Horrific editing. Pass on this unless you are a huge fan of the book and just want to see what they did...they created a mess.