A Small Life

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Anyone seen it tonight screened at the cinema? I saw it tonight and feel genuinely harrowed. Other people left the cinema seemingly emotionally in one piece and laughing and talking like normal. I feel like it's too in my head to sleep

A Little Life? I saw it at the theatre and hated it. There was a thread on here when it first came out with some very mixed views and reviews!

What did you think op?

One of our friends told us he left the film because it was so disturbing..

I've seen the trigger warnings for the book, if the film has the same ones then it's one I'll be skipping.

A Little Life - www.mumsnet.com/talk/what_were_reading/4714396-a-little-life

I did contemplate of o could handle the second half given I needed wine at the interval but I stayed
Enjoy is a weird word but it was very well acted I thought, hard hitting and very direct. It was like a hard kick to the gut.

Yes the trigger warnings apply. There was a warning on the door and at the start. But I don't learn. I love Prima Facie but my God it took it out of me

I tried to get to a screening last week, but it was cancelled due to tech issues at the cinema. Gutted.
I read the book years ago, and still haven't quite recovered to be honest.

Not seen the film but saw the show. It was a very quiet interval and it took me a good few days to process it…amazing and so glad I got to see it

Did you see it at the little theatre where it was filmed for cinema? Yes that feels like a more reasonable response that to immediately jump and be laughing and joking about life.

I just told my Mom I don't think my husband adores me the way Willem does Jude. The way he looked at him in that second half ♥️

I was engrossed the whole way through. Yes it was harrowing but I agree Willem and Jude were wonderful, Willem adored him. How James Norton in particular did that for almost four hours I don’t know . So moving, I certainly wasn’t laughing afterwards.
I really enjoyed it, if that is the right word.

Wow, didn’t know there was a movie, I read a book though. Sometimes I wanted to throw kindle out the window I was so upset.

I wish the screening I went to had been cancelled. Tech issues started 20 minutes into the second half and caused a half hour delay. Consequently I had to leave before the end in order to catch the last bus home. However I knew how it ends and wasn't sorry to miss that.
A very hard watch. James Norton was brilliant though.

Is there a movie made too?

Must admit, A Little Life totally ripped my heart and soul out. I read it once and haven’t picked it up again because I don’t want to feel like a emotional wreck again. But it’s a brilliant brilliant book.

I read the book and hated it. Misery porn. Create a totally non believable perfect character (who discovers a new amazing skill every few chapters) and then pile abuse on him. WTF.

I thought the screening of the play was even better than the book and I didn't believe that was possible

Phenomenal. And all the actors were immense.

We were at one of the performances they filmed :)