the movie was a wonderful and moving film. the film "an unqualified triumph" and that "Williams gives a prodigiously focused and resourceful performance." the director of the film Ms. Reichardt makes palpably, tragically real what it means to be struggling at the very edge of the economic abyss. WENDY AND LUCY is political to the bone but without any of the usual grandstanding. I believe the film is a keenly observational look at the increasing struggle to just get through the day. With a riveting, delicate performance by Michelle Williams, the film builds to something enigmatic and moving. I totally recommend people to see this beauty of a wonderful film so go see it

I thought watching the kid slowly die in Lorenzo's Oil, combined with Nick Nolte trying to speak in an Italian accent, was the most bleak and depressing movie experience ever. "Wendy and Lucy" is a close second. It's not nearly as bad of a movie overall though. Like writer/director Kelly Reichardt's previous film, 2006's "Old Joy", "Wendy and Lucy" is a movie about nothing in the Seinfeldian sense. (Seinfeld claimed to be a show about nothing but was really about the trivial day to day events we all experience.) Where "Old Joy" followed 2 friends on an uneventful overnight camping trip, "Wendy and Lucy" follows a young woman and her dog (also 2 friends) on a slightly more eventful trip which begins in Wendy's broken down car in a Walgreen's parking lot and ends just a day or two later with her wandering around the same north Portland, Oregon neighborhood. Suffering a string of bad luck, you could call Wendy the George Costanza of the film while her dog is Kramer. An OK film.

I really enjoyed it but wouldn't recommend it to most people. Only if you enjoy quiet, contemplative, understated movies where it's more of an experience of a time, place, character or circumstance. If you enjoy films that don't give you everything and you get to wonder about all that isn't spelled out for you, this film is for you. Michelle Williams was wonderful, gave a performance that was mysterious and touching, vulnerable yet tough. In many ways this is the very definition of a small, independent film. Enjoyed by few, but for those who enjoy it it's a gift.