I was having a total meltdown the other day because i was so overwhelmed with EVERYTHING, it hit me hard.. so hard.
That night, after the kids asleep i tried to watch a movie to chill myself a little bit and stumbled upon this one movie, TULLY. The server of the website was so slow and it’s already too late at night so I decided to watch it later.
Next day.. while the kids playing, eating, fighting like they were trying to kill themselves.. i determined to finish ‘Tully’ at one go.
Along the journey of the movie, i found myself; teary-eyed
I cried.
I finally found a movie that tells a story about my life. It feels familiar, personal and very much on the nose. It’s a dark look at motherhood which a mom like me won’t tell the world because she doesn’t want to be judge as ‘not being grateful for her kids’. This movie is pure honest and realistic in my perspective because i went through this!
When i read about the review online.. so many backlash against the main character, Marlo. People doesn’t like on how bad the movie portrays motherhood is like.. but i think they just didn’t get the message behind it or probably they didn’t went through the same shit.
There’s so many resemblance between me and Marlo:
- Mother of three
- One of the child is on the spectrum (jonah)
- Jonah is a picky eater and gets overwhelmed easily.
- Accidentally get pregnant with the 3rd child
- Jonah got kicked out (indirectly) from the kindergarten (in my case it’s Noah)
- Husband (Drew) is less than helpful, busy working and loves playing video games at home. (Adam used to be like this but Alhamdulillah, he has changed! 🥰)
- Breastfeeding all day err day
- Struggling with house chores
- Marlo having a Post Partum Depression
- Ugly realistic postpartum body
- The ending, touched my heart 🥰
The LAST scene of the movie shows everything on how I survived my depression and I’m thankful for that. It’s beautiful :’)
Tully is full of surprises with a great twist. Give it a go and see motherhood from my perspective. I love this movie so much.
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