#me watching each consecutive name in the opening credits: uh huh. okay. okay. yup. okay.

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Carla Gugino’s career is so entertaining. On the one hand, you’ve got her work with filmmakers like Flanagan: poignant, complex, emotional. Clearly just an artistic buffet. She’s in the ring. She’s trying new things. She’s gonna make you cry. You’ll wish she was your mom. You root for her love story. You want her to kill those people. She’s a hero, she’s a monster, she’s a woman with the deepest depths. Just a tour de force.

On the other, you’ve got her work with her partner, every instance of which is just utterly unhinged “let’s get the weirdest combo of actors together and throw a fucking PARTY” chaos. Has this writer ever met a woman in his life? Is there a plot? Who are these people? Can’t be sure, but god they’re all having so much fun. And somehow Carla is still giving remarkably solid performances. How does she do it?