![]() ![]() So disruptive is his conduct in class that he may have to change schools. His nightly routine, according to Marlo, runs as follows: “Goes upstairs, puts on a headset, kills zombies, and passes out.” They have two children, Sarah (Lia Frankland) and her younger brother, Jonah (Asher Miles Fallica), an unquiet soul who likes to kick the back of the driver’s seat when Marlo is at the wheel (why doesn’t she just shift him to the other side of the car?) and is described by his school principal as “out of the box” and-Marlo’s least favorite word-“quirky.” As she says, that makes him sound like a ukulele. Marlo is married to Drew (Ron Livingston), who is both a nice guy and, qua guy, a paragon of uselessness. “I have my own personal hug-buffer now,” she says. By the time the movie starts, Marlo (Charlize Theron) is already great with child-so great, indeed, that it’s difficult to greet her with an embrace. This time around, in “ Tully,” there are no alternatives. “ Juno” (2007) was the tale of a teen-ager who becomes pregnant deciding against abortion, she then wrestles with the prospect of giving the baby up for adoption. Having made one anxious film about motherhood, the writer Diablo Cody and the director Jason Reitman have now delivered another. ![]()
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