Hildy Goode (Sigourney Weaver), a real estate agent and protagonist of the drama The Good House, is a confident hostess. The film begins with Hildy describing her life in a small seaside town in Massachusetts, first narrated and then directly to the camera.
In the spirit of Brasstown gossip, Hildy gives her backstory freely. Her husband left her to start seeing her man, her protégé began stealing her clients, but her secret to Hildy’s, which threatens her happiness, is that she’s taken away from herself. what you are protecting. She is an alcoholic and even though she has been in rehab so far, she has not been able to stop drinking.
The film follows Hildy as she tries to rebuild her life and business while working with her neighbors as a client. She begins dating her first love, Frank (Kevin Kline). But ubiquitous alcohol threatens Hildy’s stability. She can’t resist the bottle and she can’t remember what she did when she got the bottle.
Directors Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky use the style of the film as a sleight of hand. At first glance, the film looks like a soft-focus romance. Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline are beloved performers who remain astute after decades of stardom. The score crackles hilariously, with charming views of New Her England Harbor and assists from classic rock his needle his drop. The stylistic blandness draws attention to Hildy’s alcoholic turmoil, and the way her sobriety punctuates even film genres. Saga dominates the frame. It’s hard to feel the importance of the story when the image always shows that there is no danger ahead.
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Rated R for language, brief nudity, and sexual content. Running time: 1 hour 44 minutes. at the theater.