Surprisingly, Hot Frosty is more about grief than the trailer lets on! But it is also unapologetically a magical hot snowman movie that ends with a song by Craig Robinson and Joe Lo Truglio so it evens out.
Thank you for this. I too watched His Three Daughters, and while it never lost the feeling of a play (with some lines by the oldest daughter overly annunciated like a stage performance), I loved it. I also thought Dakota Johnson did a great job in the Friend movie—I’m sure the essay is more raw but I’ve never seen any movie talk or show that part of dying: the paranoia that can set in, the meanness. I felt such relief in seeing it acknowledged. I’ve helped walk two parents home and they were each different, but neither fit the Hollywood version.
When I arrived at my Dads during his last moment of consciousness, I put my hand on his shoulder and he thanked me and said, “That’s all you need do now. That’s just what I needed.” What a gift is that?
That scene in Our Friend stood out to me so much for precisely that reason--it's something I've seen in real life, but never on screen. I should've included this in my post, but I wasn't prepared for the physical details of seeing someone die because movies focus so much on the emotional details. I guess I didn't realize how awful and disconcerting it could be in the moment.
Surprisingly, Hot Frosty is more about grief than the trailer lets on! But it is also unapologetically a magical hot snowman movie that ends with a song by Craig Robinson and Joe Lo Truglio so it evens out.
I must admit...I'm intrigued by Craig Robinson and Joe Lo Truglio...
Thank you for this. I too watched His Three Daughters, and while it never lost the feeling of a play (with some lines by the oldest daughter overly annunciated like a stage performance), I loved it. I also thought Dakota Johnson did a great job in the Friend movie—I’m sure the essay is more raw but I’ve never seen any movie talk or show that part of dying: the paranoia that can set in, the meanness. I felt such relief in seeing it acknowledged. I’ve helped walk two parents home and they were each different, but neither fit the Hollywood version.
When I arrived at my Dads during his last moment of consciousness, I put my hand on his shoulder and he thanked me and said, “That’s all you need do now. That’s just what I needed.” What a gift is that?
That's a really lovely moment. <3
That scene in Our Friend stood out to me so much for precisely that reason--it's something I've seen in real life, but never on screen. I should've included this in my post, but I wasn't prepared for the physical details of seeing someone die because movies focus so much on the emotional details. I guess I didn't realize how awful and disconcerting it could be in the moment.