Truly, Madly, Deeply Review
Second up in my series of "OH FUCK I FORGOT ABOUT MY WEBSITE" is Truly, Madly, Deeply. An older film about a woman who is able to converse with her recently deceased husband. The only actor I recognized in this movie was Alan Rickman, best known for his role as Snape in the Harry Potter franchise and also completely unrecognizable with a mustache.
Truly, Madly, Deeply tells a story of romance and grief, two sides of the same coin really, where the lead Nina, has found that when she's alone in her apartment, her late husband Jamie will reappear to her. The funny thing is that Jamie is completely aware that he died. I feel like in most stories like this, the ghost characters will almost always think they just were in a coma or something, but no Jamie is totally aware of the fact that he's a ghost. He shows it in other ways too, he's constantly sneezing and bundled up like it's the middle of Winter. Another funny aspect of Jamie is that when Nina isn't around there's a gang of similarly bundled up ghosts that he invites into her apartment to hang out, which along with some of his other personality traits, irritate Nina to no end. As the film progresses, Nina eventually meets another man named Mark who she develops feelings for, but is hesitate to advance their relationship due to the return of Jamie. Jamie continues to annoy Nina to the point that she questions if he was always like this and resolves to go out with Mark, despite still loving her late husband. This film concludes with Nina meeting with Mark at her front gate while Jamie and his ghostly friends watch from her window. It isn't explicitly stated but is implied that Jamie intended to purposefully irrite Nina so that she could escape her grief and move on with her life.
The film paints grief in such a realistic manner, especially in the way that those close to the departed can fall victim to remember an idealized version of the person as opposed to their true selves.
One thing my girlfriend noted that I agreed with her on is that the only obviously superstar characters in the movie were the two leads. Every other character in the movie looked incredibly average, even the new love interest, Mark. It felt refreshing to see in contrast with many modern films with needlessly star studded casts that can feel a little exhausting.