"When her husband Jackson (Robert Pattinson) moves them out of New York City into his childhood home in rural Montana, she takes the big change in stride. It's a bit of a mess, with old pieces of furniture strewn about, and leaves and dust coating the floor, but she's not opposed to a fixer upper. There's a bit of a rat problem, but they can get a cat, she suggests."
"But as we see Grace's belly swell, then go back down as a baby enters their lives, something shifts. Grace and Jackson's raucous dancing becomes frenzied, desperate, hostile. The newly tidied home turns into an explosion of dirty plates. The cat that Grace wanted never comes, with Jackson instead bringing home a small, barking dog that still needs to be trained. And Grace never really does find the time to write."
Grace and her husband Jackson relocate from New York to Jackson's childhood home in rural Montana. Grace initially embraces the fixer-upper and anticipates space to write. After pregnancy and the arrival of their baby, Grace's behavior shifts: joyful routines turn into frenzied, hostile dancing and household order collapses into mess and noise. Jackson brings a small, untrained dog instead of the cat Grace wanted. Grace fails to find time to write and descends into severe postpartum depression that begins to damage her relationships and family life. Ambiguity and intense central performance emphasize mood over clear psychological explanation.
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