Tallulah (2016)
Directed by Sian Heder
Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for.
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Writer-director Siân Heder (who has written for “Orange Is the New Black,” and whose directing debut “Tallulah” premiered at Sundance in 2016) remakes a 2014 French comedy, “La Family Bélier,” into a warmly funny and quite touching story.
A big hit at Sundance last winter, where it won both grand jury and audience awards, writer-director Sian Heder’s second film (”Tallulah,” her first, came out in 2016) is a real crowd-pleaser.
I saw Sian Heder’s directorial debut Tallulah back at Sundance in 2016, and I remember liking it, but it didn’t stick with me.
Heder, whose 2016 debut film Tallulah also played Sundance, has wisely changed the family profession from dairy farming to running a fishing boat operation; the picaresque setting lends much to the visual style and adds a nice salty touch to give this version a distinct identity all its own.
Following her 2016 Sundance debut Tallulah , American filmmaker Siân Heder returns to the festival with her second feature, CODA .
In a lot of ways, we’ve seen almost every beat Sian Heder’s second feature (her first after Tallulah , another Sundance fave from 2015 about teenhood) has to offer: the endearing teen protagonist, the navel-gazing romance, the charismatic mentor figure who helps our hero find their muse, with bittersweet but uplifting final moments where our family finds peace with each other.