Jennifer Lawrence is recovering from an Afghan war head injury - which she largely does quite quickly - returning home to lacklustre mother Linda Emond, befriending similarly damaged Brian Tyree Henry, whose leg amputation came from a crash that killed his nephew. A sympathetic doctor (Stephen McKinley Henderson) is in no hurry to send her back. She ultimately visits her junkie brother in prison Will Pullen, who it turns out is deaf. (The mother's probably an alkie, just to round off the dysfunctions).
A quiet, slow, character-led film, made in New Orleans and photographed by Diego Garcia, with production design by Jack Fisk. Not in the Mike Leigh calibre, but definitely worth watching.
Henry, who we first encountered in Atlanta, is certainly getting around, we're pleased to see.
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