While the whole movie took place in just a single day, it felt so much longer than that. Seconds felt like minutes, minutes felt like hours, and hours felt like days. Throughout the whole movie, I was constantly trying to figure out how all the three stories were connected. The idea for the movie is amazing; using a similar concept to Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, the director expands on that by giving the audience three stories (all occurring in one day) in three different time periods. Insane.
Looking up the movie, you should first notice the cast. This cast is amazing: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep. With such an overwhelming cast, the first thing I usually do is to try to match the face of that celebrity with the character in the movie. However, for Virginia Woolf, without knowing Nicole Kidman was in the movie, I don't think I would've never guessed that was actually her. Nonetheless, I feel like all three actresses did amazing.
After the movie, I was still thinking about that encounter between Richard's mom and Mrs. Dalloway. Like some others, I missed that bit about the little kid being Richard; so when his mom introduced herself to Dalloway, it gave me the chills.
At the end of the day, the three story lines are very similar. One thing that stands out from all the stories is the kissing scene. As awkward and sudden it might've been, I feel like those scenes have a deeper meaning. While the viewers might've had kind of negative interpretations, I feel like those scenes truly define Woolf's struggles: the struggles to hide that identity. And those struggles are expressed in her books.
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