The Meddler

Release Date: May 27, 2016

Starring: Susan Sarandon as Marnie
Rose Byrne as Lori
J.K. Simmons as Zipper

Directed by: Lorene Scafaria

Written by: Lorene Scafaria

Marnie is a nosy woman with a good heart. After her husband dies she decides to follow her only daughter out to Los Angeles. Her husband left her with enough money not only to get by but to give away as she see fit. She could have everything she wants but all she wants is a relationship with her daughter. Lori, Marnie's daughter, thinks that her mother is way to clingy and needs to let loose the reins a little bit. She feels like her mother won't let her breathe, even more so now since she is going through a rough patch since her boyfriend left her. Marnie does everything she can to stay close to her daughter, even if it means interfering with the lives of her daughter friends and in the process opens the door to her own life of freedom since the loss of her husband.

A very unique look at how people deal with loss in their lives. Granted it's not the typical way things play out. Now a days not many people can leave a person with that much money to live out the rest of their life without a worry in the world but if they did it shows what good can be done. Not only to the people that you give the money to but how helping others helps you process your own grief by giving. The act alone can give you a sense of purpose.

That is all Marnie really wants to be needed. She feels that since her husband is gone and her daughter is grown that she won't be needed anymore. That is why she is spreading herself thin in order to make other happy because she is trying to find out where is place in the world is again.

The heart of this film is ultimately love. Whether it be in love, falling out of love, or finding love again the story is that of love. Loving those who need it the most. The ones who other think that they are never going to make anything of themselves, or the ones who keep rejecting you because they think they can do it on their own. Yet, it can be the person who is trying to shower other people in love because they don't realize that they are the ones who need it the most.