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the audience applauded

good back-story, and good acting

The acting in this movie is really good.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

It's amazing how some movies have the power to tell complex stories through simple and predictable scripts. The complexity of this brand of storytelling lies in the depth of the central characters, each of whom have a beautiful journey of their own. Characters are not branded as heroes and anti-heroes, but just people. The film touches upon very basic human emotions in an honest way and leaves you feeling empathetic to each of the central characters, despite all their flaws. Page and Janney are incredible in their respective roles. They get into the skin of the characters and add their own personalities to them, which is quite rare. Hope their work receives some recognition in the awards season.

This small but gracefully poignant movie knocked me to my knees. It takes a few scenes to get oriented and sense the lurking power behind the acting, the script, the camera work, the direction. The film seems to sort itself into a series of vignettes that each carry the intensity of a looming freight engine, netting you in with magnetic emotional conflict and portent. A toddler is kidnapped from an emotional cripple due to the unwelcome force of empathy impinging upon a street smart runaway young delusional woman whose adopted duty in life is to distance herself from the demands of society. The fate and welfare of the child sets up an anticipatory force field of protective instinct in the viewer that rivets their heart to the precisely unfolding drama.The pacing of the unwinding plot is genius. We know the story can end only one way- with the kidnapping uncovered. This inevitability is slowly ratcheted up by a series of scenes that, with a script and direction wrenching at the soul of human dysfunction while being as real as any street level Italian neo-realist film, gets to the disturbing tragic core of people trying to keep from drowning in the lives they have made for themselves. Director Sian Heder conjurs a consistency of performance from her actors that is immediate and gritty and profound. Each segment can almost stand alone as a compaction of hope and anxiety and imperfect coping skills meeting their revelation as not sufficient for the tasks of reality.This film will be taught in film schools one day. The highest comment I can pay is to claim that "Talulah" stands up to the aesthetic rigors of any Dogme 95 offering.

Tallulah tells the story of a young adventurous girl, stranded with nowhere to go and no one to call to in New York City. She stumbles into a troubled mother alone with her daughter. Knowing that the baby is not in safe environment, she took the baby. Things start to tangle up even further when she became involved with her ex- boyfriend's mom's issues.There are so many things can go wrong about the premise alone, but as far as storytelling go, Sian Heder is excellent. The movie takes its sweet time to explain the things that are happening, and the moments shown in the movie is surely enough to keep you gravitated. Every character has their own motives and back stories for their actions. Ellen Page, Allison Janney and Tammy Blanchard gave an outstanding performance, with each actress managed to add a different layer to their own character that is amazingly three- dimensional and somehow empathetic.Another thing that I love about the movie (and some audience may dislike) is how the movie maintains the constant mood throughout its duration. The tonal consistency and the movie scoring kept me grounded, ready and waiting for what the movie may throw at me next. Several elements, such as some unnecessary subplots and an anti-hero for a main character, may shy away some audiences.Tallulah is definitely one of the most wonderfully-told drama about a baby kidnapping.

The three leading ladies of this movie are good in their own ways. Firstly Tammy Blanchard is the Judy Davis of her generation - completely convincing as a mother who can't cope. Ellen Page is suited to her role as the vagabond title character Tallulah who takes her child. Alison Janney as Tallulah's boyfriend's mother is fascinating to watch.The story is quirky unique and involving. It's funny in pats and tense and has some insights about human relationships that haven't been shown on screen before. This is a very good indie movie and deserves some awards.