Diane
2018 · Movie · NR · 96 min · ★ 6.1 · 90% critics
An aging woman spends her days caring for friends, family, and a son struggling with addiction. As her world grows smaller, she is pushed to face old regrets, fading connections, and the emotional weight of a life spent putting others first.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2019-03-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (37 votes)
About
You may like this if you connected with the heavy family pain of Ben Is Back or Four Good Days and want a quiet, sorrowful character study; Not for you if relentless sadness wears you down.
Pros: strong lead performance; emotionally powerful | Cons: extremely depressing tone; bleak outlook; hard to sit through
Themes
- friendship
- drug addiction
- homeless shelter
- mental illness
- mother son relationship
Cast & crew
Mary Kay Place
as Diane
Jake Lacy
as Brian
Estelle Parsons
as Mary
Andrea Martin
as Bobbie
Deirdre O'Connell
as Donna
Glynnis O'Connor
as Dottie
Joyce Van Patten
as Madge
Kerry Flanagan
as Nurse Jackie
Phyllis Somerville
as Ina
Celia Keenan-Bolger
as Tally
Directed by Kent Jones