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August: Osage County (John Wells, 2013) serves as a black comedy, where heavy traces of “the black” most certainly supplant the comedy. 

In this ensemble piece, we find ourselves in rural Oklahoma in an exceptionally warm August. The heat encountered outside the home, however, can practically be written off when compared to the vicious remarks and diatribes found within it. It all serves as a constant reminder of the many skeletons each American family has hidden within their closets and the tempers that can flare when said skeletons are exposed.

In what is perhaps the best scene in the film, the family sits for a modest dinner, having been reunited by an unfortunate turn of events. We slowly witness the characters that we have been introduced to get torn apart by one another in a way that only those with the best acting chops can serve to muster. 

However despite the phenomenal and visceral performances displayed by the actors (with special credit going to Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper and Julia Roberts), the writing serves to undermine the whole affair, turning this bleak drama into something of an emotional minefield. Certain subplots are particularly cringeworthy, including one that would be better off in a daytime soap than on the silver screen. 

"I can still feel you and the words of our story, but it’s in this endless space between the words that I’m finding myself now."

This movie inspire me many things. It’s seem like when we fall in love even hurt or happy, love will inspire us in such a way.