an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now on bbc news, the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? we have tully, a new film starring charlize theron, lean on pete, and the new anime mary and the witch's flower. tully i'm looking forward to because it is made

by the people who madejuno, which isjust glorious. i loved that movie so much. written by diablo cody, directed by jason reitman. they also worked together with charlize theron on young adults. the story is charlize theron is marla, middle—aged woman who is struggling with kids and a newborn baby. she is exhausted. absolutely. and her smugly successful brother says to her, look, why don't you let me pay for a night nanny, so that you can get some sleep. at first she said i don't want anything to do with it. finally she is so exhausted that she succumbs and says fine, enter tully, who is a strange mix of on the one hand part scary mary poppins and the other hand, a sprightly reminder of her younger self and immediately they bond. here's a clip. you seem like a great mum. great mums organise class parties and casino night. they bake cupcakes that

look like minions. all the things i'm just too tired to do. honestly, even getting dressed just feels exhausting. i open my closet and ijust think didn't ijust do that? yes, but that's the downside of living on the planet with a short solar day. although jupiter is even shorter. you're like a book of fun facts for unpopular fourth—graders. a light humour between them and they have a fundamental bond and what happens is the story goes off perhaps in ways that you would not expect. the first thing to say is it is a really convincing portrayal of the exhaustion of her character. she's pulled in so many different directions that has to do so many different things. one point she goes into school and has a row with the headmistress who says i don't want you to leave this way. she says i leave this way everyday, you just never see it. so i like that and i thought that was done really well and i thought charlize theron really gave you a sense of character who is completely at their wits end.

then what happens is through her relationship with tully she starts to reconnect with the part of her life that she thought she had forgotten about. bear in mind, diablo cody has worked on other things likejennifer‘s body, which is a fantastic story and she is not afraid to follow the central character off into flights of fancy. perhaps some audiences would not expect. i thought this was brave and adventurous in the risks it took with the screenplay. the thing that worked best for it was that even when the narrative goes off in slightly strange ways, i know some people found the third act out perhaps coming out of the blue, i did not and i thought it was consistent with the rest of the film, it has its feet so firmly on the ground that you do believe in the character, you absolutely believe this is somebody who is just called upon every minute of the day to do stuff that they are running out of energy for. and you get a really good sense of that exhaustion and depression and anxiety.

not so much falling asleep as just collapsing in a heap on the sofa and having dreams of drowning. dreams of mermaids, which also tell you something about where this is going with its flights of fancy. i thought it was an interesting feel with a really terrific central performance and a screenplay which is willing to take risks that perhaps don't entirely work, but good for taking. sounds interesting. i'm expecting excellent dialogue. she writes so... she writes very good dialogue. that is one thing you expect from diablo cody. you see her film and you think there will be a number of quotable zingers, but the nice thing is that there is more to it than that. really intriguing. as is lean on pete. yes, terrible title. based on a novel and directed by the creator of 45 years. after by steve buscemi, 255555: is. lfi'e.“ ft! the ~—g-§§ egg-zg— — — —— — ——— ... ~

who when the horse is done about sending them off to mexico which is a euphemism for what is really happening to them. i really like this film. i thought first, charlie plumber, the young kid, absolutely brilliant. he has one of those faces that telegraphs his emotions, not to do with dialogue but the way he looks. he has something of the young james dean about him because there's a sound to his voice, very expressive face. i love the fact that andrew haigh, british film maker, has gone to america and shot in some deserts around, but has not been overwhelmed by the scenery. there are moments in it when we are out in the desert, but still at the centre of it is charlie. he is in every single frame pretty much in the movie. the other thing is i like the fact that none of the characters in this film are two—dimensional.

some of them seem harsh and difficult and violent, but everyone has got redeeming qualities. and they often play against type. chloe sevighny turns up as a jockey who has fallen off the horse one time too many. i can see the narrative is going to set her up as a surrogate, but it absolutely does not. i think there is a really, really terrific movie. it is dark in places. there are moments of tears in it. i mean you liked 45 years. i loved it, which is why i am going to see this. you can think of the intimate relationship thing. that is all here. i thought it was really great. i wish it was called something other than lean on pete. i wish it was called something like discovery, but lean on pete is it. don't be put off by the title of the film. that is the take away. your third film, a beautiful animation film. they're in the witch's flower. this lovely item animation. an adaptation ofa lovely item animation. an adaptation of a book. it is directed at about the story

is a young girl discovers these magical flowers in the woods and she discovers a broomstick in the middle of a tree and suddenly it whisked her off to this other land, this magical college. you can see pre—echoes of harry potter in this. she thinks she has arrived there completely wrongly. when she comes back to earth however the magical work however the magical world follows her back to her home. here's a clip. the imposter witch. how dare you taint the noble establishment? did you really think you could fool us? well, now, it seems that your friend has drifted here along with the mist. it was easy finding him, thanks to all your help. if you want to save him, you must

bring me the witch's flower. and since it only blooms once every seven years, you'd better be quick. but if you decide not to come, there's a rule, remember? that all trespassers will be transformed. i'll see you soon, imposter witch. i really like this. i love the way it looks. i love the complicity of the storytelling. the fact that you are seeing some quite complicated issues of guilt and remorse and duty and that kind of thing, but doing so in a way which is really magically engaging. there are moments in it when you think i am looking at this wonderous spectacle. you see these fantastic fiery displays. but it is really to do with little details, you believe in the characters and you believe in these situations even when they are utterly fantastical. there are two versions of it, the original language version

and the dubbed version, you are hearing a clip from the dubbed version there. i thought it was really well done and i liked it very much and it is one of those things, i am a big fan of animation and i think it is great to have all these forms of animation coexisting side by side at the moment. this is a really fine piece and i think anybody could enjoy this. really good piece of work. mary and the witch's flower. best out this week. i am officially in trouble because i am sorry, i still haven't seen beast. it is not a horrorfilm. it is a psychological chiller. i know. and two cracking performances at the heart of it. yes. really terrific. i compared this, jonny flynn, his central performance which i thought was really brilliant, talking about rachel weisz, my cousin, she decided to herself whether the character was good to her not but she kept it as a secret. if they really fine piece of work and a really good british picture. all the exteriors are shot onjersey and all the interiors are shot in surrey.

well, the outside ofjersey. that is what count and i promise i am going to see it. it has been on my list for many weeks. dvd for anyone who wants to stay in? this is out now because no new releases on monday. dwayne the rockjohnson is currently charging around in cinemas doing really well. i really like this. i was not a fan of the original. i never quite got it. i thought this was really, really good fun. well—written script, entertaining, popcorn entertainment but it is good popcorn entertainment, smart characterizations good jokes, good story. i have now seen it twice. and both times i laughed pretty consistently. it is so much better than we had any right to expect. excellent. thank you very much. a really good week. go see beast! i have got a busy bank holiday ahead. very busy. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc

online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week though. we have all got a lot to do this weekend. enjoy the bank holiday, thank you for being with us. bye— bye. i defined a little time to get outside as well because the weather will be surprisingly good for weekend. which leads onto a bank holiday. the warm weather, lot of dry weather, that is order started. but a nice day. not clear blue sky but sunny spells kamiji that cloud. that covers it for many of us. whilst most will be dried, northwest scotland, close to fronts will be windier and cloudy compared with the rest of the uk. that will be wet at time. but not all the time. a second look at things to the rest of the

night. you can see they're just a bit of rain at times, mostly towards the west of mainland scotland. the cloud they around scotland and a little bit of patchy drizzle. misty for irish seacoast, little bit misty elsewhere, wanted to fog patch in the morning some for 5 degrees around parts of kent. most of us run 7 degrees. and every of cloud for yorkshire, the midlands downpours southwest england, cloud two for northern ireland across much of scotland, an exception to the northeast and some of that within a break to the afternoon along some sunshine to come through and rain p°ppin9 sunshine to come through and rain p°pping up sunshine to come through and rain popping up in northwest scotland along with the wind shifted and later in the day. there 20 degrees in the day. near 20 degrees and at the scotland and the sunshine, low 20s in southeast england. don't be surprised to see on the big picture at high pressure in control for most of us, look at these weather fronts brushing northwest scotland at times. on sunday, some of story here, more cloud here, a bit of rain

at times, still an area of misty weather to the irish sea, and may just touch the east coast of northern ireland, sunday, but elsewhere let me get increasing amounts of sunshine during sunday and worked as a result. not everywhere will give it to the mid—20s but the sunshine and high teens and low 20s, very great place. bags of sunshine on monday, patchy cloud into scotland and northern ireland, little bit amiss on the irish sea and a little bit colder towards northeast scotland over the coast of england as well compared to the previous few days. temperatures up the previous few days. temperatures upa bit the previous few days. temperatures up a bit further in southeast england, mainly to the northwest ii and could see something around 26 for avon 27 celsius. that is significant if he gets there. it is easily the highest temperature the ukforan early easily the highest temperature the uk for an early may bank holiday. it is looking like some cracking weather this weekend. we will keep you updated on it throughout the weekend. wherever you are and whatever you're doing. that is your

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