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LA Times\/\u00a0Gary Goldstein<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Bleak but not hopeless, gut-wrenching but not self-pitying, the Canadian drama \u201cNever Steady, Never Still\u201d is a skillful, sensitively wrought portrait of moving forward despite life\u2019s greater setbacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Writer-director Kathleen Hepburn takes a mostly quiet, internal, observational approach to some big emotional territory as she follows a pivotal year for a deeply connected mother and son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Scottish-born actress Shirley Henderson is extraordinary as Judy, a 50ish woman with advanced Parkinson\u2019s disease, who must doggedly fend for herself in rural British Columbia after her devoted husband (Nicholas Campbell) suddenly dies and their floundering 19-year-old son, Jamie (Th\u00e9odore Pellerin), leaves for a grueling job in the Alberta oil fields.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But it\u2019s as much Jamie\u2019s story as it is Judy\u2019s as Hepburn authentically explores the definitions of masculinity and a young man\u2019s struggle to find his place in an often harsh world. Pellerin brings a wonderfully tender sadness and longing to the alienated, sexually uncertain Jamie. Several of his scenes with Henderson are also quite special.<\/p>\n

As for the actress, she disappears into her character\u2019s tormented physicality and Canadian rhythms with a startling credibility reminiscent of Sally Hawkins\u2019 amazing turn as a woman with acute arthritis in last year\u2019s \u201cMaudie.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hepburn\u2019s eye for detail and nuance is exceptional, especially as she evocatively captures the extremes of the film\u2019s imposing landscapes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This is an austere, demanding, deliberately paced picture that will reward the patient.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018Never Steady, Never Still\u2019<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Not rated<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Running time:<\/strong>\u00a01 hour, 51 minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Playing:<\/strong>\u00a0Laemmle Music Hall, Beverly Hills<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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