T P (TP)

There are so many mixed reviews about this movie. It seems as if the negative reviews have come from people who haven’t really experienced deep and chronic depression. I can see why it can be difficult to relate to and seem long and drawn out. This movie is a beautiful, accurate and heartbreaking depiction of depression, and the nihilistic feelings that exist because of depression. Justine puts on a ‘happy’ facade at her wedding when she is with everyone else, but her darkness keeps revisiting her making her isolate herself throughout the night. She feels that this is ‘what she wanted’, so she ‘should’ be happy. It’s so common for people with depression to feel lost, guilty and empty.