“French Exit” – Frances Price (Michelle Pfeiffer), a New York socialite, isn’t feeling very sociable these days. She’s depressed, frustrated, and broke. Well, not completely broke. Frances sells off her jewelry and art to collect a tidy sum of cash. It’s not enough to live on, but Frances and her son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) won’t go hungry next week. Next year? That’s a different story. You see, her late husband’s estate has become insolvent, and she has nowhere to live. Frances isn’t the type to ask for help, but her…
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Roberts and Hedges effectively play a struggling mother and son in ‘Ben Is Back’
“Ben Is Back” – “Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy, just a boy.” – Shannon A. Thompson, “Take Me Tomorrow” Ben (Lucas Hedges) is back home on Christmas Eve. Patches of crusty snow are scattered on suburban lawns, wintery-grays fill the skies and leafless trees remind us that warm weather won’t hug this neighborhood for a few distant months. It might be comfy inside Ben’s house, but this (roughly) 18-year-old kid is locked out, because he did not tell his mom Holly…