After the announcement of The Dark Knight Rises (2012) casting choices such as Tom Hardy as Bane and Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, I had mixed feelings. Good because Hardy is probably the finest (relevantly still unknown) British actor working these days, and bad feelings because.. well... Oh come on THE PRINCESS DIARIES?!?!?!?! This is the new catwoman? So admittedly I overreacted, and when I calmed down I took it upon myself to check out one of Hathaways few sensible non-RomCom roles, finding Rachel Getting Married.
It is the story of a junkie returning from rehab in time for her sisters wedding (the titular Rachel, played subtly by Rosemarie DeWitt) where she isn't exactly welcomed with open arms. On top of being a former junkie, a few more cats are let out of this family's bag, the relationships of the characters unravel and some dark, deep seated, tragic events come to the foreground and it's revealed how much pain the family still feel, both internal and external.
While addicts, and former addicts in cinema are usually the "lost causes" of plots, it was nice to see a character truly growing as the film progresses, the fact that she used to be so engrossed with the drug addled life-style seems to only add to her, it is neitehr used for sympathy nor promoted, it's simply a part of her.
So did the film relax me with regards to Miss Hathaway? Kinda... I mean first and foremost I trust in Mr Nolan to choose the actors he feels right about, also the acting here was pretty tight, and nuanced. While there was a sense of sorrow in her character, there was also a glimmer of strength that escalated and deflated throughout the movie, finishing just how the movie should. A very honest story, shot in a way that puts you right next to the characters, an indie feature worth checking out, not a "top tenner" though. 6/10
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