Good morning readers, I’m hoping your weekend went well. I’m coming at you today from the heels of The Raven Faerie trip with another great film. There will be some spoilers as I usually touch and go with films in the past, but I rather open the lid a little bit more as this one had me twisting the shape of the story back and fourth, puzzling over what happened. So let’s brew about it!
The Lady In The Yard, surprisingly I didn’t have popcorn when I watched this and if I did I’d probably eat my hand off before I got to the next bite. The opening scene starts with a tragic insight of whom is missing in the family, the father and husband of the family of four and things look bleak. In fact, the main character and mother of the movie is not only in pain emotionally but also physically and she takes it out on her two children, being short and ill-tempered with them. This part unnerved me and made me mad which means to me that the writer, director, and actor were doing their job right.
Of course The Woman shows up in the beginning and getting things kicked off from the get go which doesn’t help the already broken and mourning family setting the oldest child and mother’s nerves on edge. The writer really showcases the main character’s mental health and her desire to get up and provide for her children with the statement of,”give me strength.” At first I thought that the character states this as she’s now the sole caretaker of the two children and she’s also physically trying to recover from an injury, but as the story goes on it seems there is a mental screw that’s loose along with overriding guilt.
As the story progresses The woman is now IN the house wreaking havoc on the children and woman and it seems only in the dark can they be safe, which is the exact opposite in most stories or movies. It felt like the dark was hiding the true nature of The woman and only the light could shed the true story of what is really happening, as well as whom or what it actually is.
THIS is where I get stuck, is The Woman the truth of the main character trying to push through and the main character is actually the dark recesses that’s wreaking havoc on herself and her children’s lives? Is that why as The Woman comes closer they have to shutter themselves into the attic? Or when The woman explains to the main character that the only way out is death if she keeps going down the path she’s currently going? In the end the main character shoos her children to the next farm over and makes the motions to end her life BUT there’s no gunshot?! All of a sudden the kids are back the electric is turned on and everything is hunky-dory showing one of the character’s painting but the signature is mirrored. So did The Woman take over and the main character is living in a fairytale world that everything is better?
There are a lot of twists and turns in this movie and I feel it deserves a second watch, because the more I keep turning this Rubix’s cube the more I question was The Woman the good part of the main character and the main character the darker parts of herself? Is she actually dead? Did her kids ACTUALLY come back and they are living their best lvies, BUT why is her named spelled backwards? What are your thoughts?
As Always Keep On Brewin!