Let's be realistic.

I wanted to but couldn't!

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

A magnificently well directed, written, and acted film. Though the story is nothing out of the ordinary, the way it explores and brings together the way many people live is amazing. From someone being homeless by choice, a separated marriage expert, to an alcoholic Beverly Hills wife, the film manages to depict their flaws as part of life.I have also just noticed, that the main protagonists in this film are female. While that is great, the fact that these women's lives are so linked with those of their male counterparts cancels out this potentially progressive film.Ellen Page has done a remarkable job in this film. While I admit that I have not seen her in many movies, I did not expect to see her in this kind of role. She pulls off the tomboy, doesn't-give-a-crap attitude with such precision that it is hard to remember she is acting. Janney also does well in her supporting role to Page. While a bit awkward at times, the chemistry between her and Page slowly develops as the characters bond.While there are many characters in this film, the story is carried predominantly by Tallulah. The story of her life as she lives carelessly moment by moment is disrupted by this one pivotal event. Heder does an incredible job at writing the story so that audiences can relate to the characters. These are characters that we might not take a second look at if we passed them by on the streets. Or might make a snap judgement about, and carry on with our lives. But, this film shows that there is more to a person than their appearance.Overall, a real gem of a movie that promises to engage you in its dialogue.

Ellen Page is excellent as a homeless young woman, cynical, hard-bitten and foul-mouthed, who abducts a toddler from its rich, neglectful mother and makes friends with her ex-boyfriend's estranged mother--under the guise that she's a single mom raising this woman's granddaughter all on her own. A hard movie to like, but also a movie impossible to dismiss, "Tallulah" is an impressive production purchased by Netflix that has many things to recommend it, not the least of which is an array of fabulous performances from the ladies in the cast. Unfortunately, filmmaker Sian Heder is a much better director than she is a writer, and the relationship between Tallulah and her boyfriend--a crucial element in the story--is not convincing (the problem is with his character, who simply does not ring true). Page is reunited with her "Juno" co-star Allison Janney, and the two have a special rapport that is, by turns, angry and bitter and lovely and moving. However, the arc of Janney's character isn't as profound as its meant to be (for instance, she's terrible and nasty to her soon-to-be-ex husband, who left her for another man), and the last portion of the plot is gummy and indecisive.

Ellen Page gives a solid performance as a young woman who lives on the road and doesn't follow the standard rules of living. When looking for food in a Hotel hallway she is dragged into a room by an emotionally unstable mother. While the mother goes on a date, Lu is forced to babysit the child. After realizing the mother is not fit to take care of the child she decides to take the child with her and visit her (ex) boyfriends mother, who had just divorced and is forcefully holding on to all that she had in her marriage. This is the moment the story really takes off, because the two are such opposites they struggle to build their relationship in the beginning but after a while they realize they both need some help getting along, and they realize they can learn from each other. The best thing about this story is the chemistry between Lu and Margo, it teaches us it is alright to be vulnerable and make mistakes. Even though the story is not that original it is the good acting and tasteful way of telling that makes this worth watching.

Did anybody notice the similarities between the two films Gimmie Shelter and Tallulah? Obviously we had to separate story lines but to strikingly similar main characters. I won't spend the time getting into the plot, it is surely worth anybody's time to give this flick a look. A few elements stood out to me. Page's character was fairly well developed as was Allison Janney. Briefly, Janney and Page compliment each other perfectly as they both share a similar conflict-that being their inability to cope with their own loneliness. Tammy Blanchard had an absolutely disgraceful part in the film, and the writers wanted to bring some degree of sympathy to the audience because she was with a deadbeat husband and an alcoholic who later 'feels guilty' about her daughter going missing. Other than those few things, the movie was descent, not too melancholy, but was a good attempt at a comeback for the Juno girl.