Motherhood exposed - Tully (2018) - written by Diablo Cody, starring Charlize Theron

I've not had the privilege of bearing a child. And after watching Tully, I am pretty sure that I made the right decision.


Want a non-mother to understand motherhood? Tully should be mandatory watching.

Most movies today invoke what seems to be mandatory montage to demonstrate the passage of time. Tully implements it as well, but to a most shattering effect.

We watch a mother after the birth of her third child deal with the relentless feeding of a newborn. It's shockingly real and Charlize Theron exposes a less-than-perfect self to near the same scale as she did in Monster, for which she won an Oscar.

The writer Diablo Cody and the director Jason Reitman impeccably portray a middle-class woman's  aspirations for a better life for her children.

I credit Diablo Cody, who also wrote Juno and Young Adult (Charlize appeared in this one as well), for capturing the truth of motherhood.