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The Village Voice\/\u00a0Serena Donadoni<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The austere beauty of\u00a0Never Steady, Never Still<\/i>\u00a0reflects the stripped-down lives of Kathleen Hepburn\u2019s self-contained characters, who require little and ask for less. Judy (Shirley Henderson) has early-onset Parkinson\u2019s disease, and only allows herself to express regret and disappointment at a mobility support group (where everyone else is elderly). Living in peaceful isolation on Stuart Lake in rural British Columbia, there are few options for therapy, physical or otherwise.<\/p>\n

Writer-director Hepburn\u2019s first feature expands on her 2015 short, which focused on the difficult adjustment to adulthood of eighteen-year-old Jamie, played here with intense tenderness by Th\u00e9odore Pellerin. Now splitting her focus between mother and son, Hepburn adds emotional depth, showing how two generations of loving but insular people struggle to define themselves in a working-class environment where grit is valued over grace.<\/p>\n

Usually a tart-tongued scene-stealer, Henderson is devoid of her trademark hauteur in this remarkable performance. Judy fights against her own body to accomplish the smallest tasks, fighting battles\u00a0inchmeal in a war she\u2019ll never win. But Henderson doesn\u2019t portray her as a diminished able-bodied person: Judy\u2019s physical existence is built from ingenious work-arounds and self-perpetuating stamina.<\/p>\n

Two excruciatingly long scenes \u2014 Jamie smashing his car windshield and Judy putting on snow boots \u2014 exemplify their struggles with panic and patience, respectively. Cinematographer Norm Li captures these key moments with static camera shots from the back seat and at floor level, achieving a compassionate distance, an artful nonintrusiveness. Hepburn doesn\u2019t demand that her characters conform to norms of sacrifice and redemption, preferring to follow Jamie and Judy\u2019s meandering, unhurried journey to cognizance and mutual appreciation.<\/p>\n

Never Steady, Never Still
\n<\/strong>Directed by Kathleen Hepburn<\/em>
\nLevel Film<\/em>
\nNow playing, AMC Empire 25<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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