"Pam (Sissy Spacek) knows a bad case of the baby blues when she sees it. She realizes that's what's going on with new mom Grace (Jennifer Lawrence), an author whose writing is blocked and whose actions and mood swings become more erratic, disruptive and alarming in filmmaker Lynne Ramsay's latest gnarly comedy/drama a dark journey into the mindset of a woman in the throes of postpartum depression."
"The rundown house, with flies buzzing around and eventually a yapping puppy that clueless Jackson brings home, opens the door for an already-troubled Grace to enter a purgatory-like world. It might be real, and it might not. Either way, it sets her on a precarious path toward some bizarre behavior, including crawling around like a cat and wielding sharp cutlery and on to fantasizing about an alluring neighbor (LaKeith Stanfield) on a motorcycle."
Pam recognizes postpartum blues in new mother Grace, an author whose writing is blocked and whose moods grow increasingly erratic. Grace moves with her hard-drinking boyfriend Jackson and their newborn into a rural, rundown house shadowed by a family suicide. The deteriorating setting, buzzing flies and a yapping puppy push Grace into a purgatory-like state where reality and fantasy blur. Her behavior becomes bizarre and dangerous, from crawling like a cat to brandishing cutlery and fantasizing about a neighbor. The film embraces a dark, moody, open-to-interpretation aesthetic and features a mercurial, intensely charged central performance.
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