Living Out Loud

Living Out Loud directed and written by Richard LaGravenese and released in 1998 is a drama / comedy, portraying the new spin that’s just been put on the main character Judith Moore’s (Holly Hunter) Life. Hunter’s character in the film has had to stop and take a whole new look at her life, and how she is going to live it. After she had devoted sixteen years of her life to her marriage, as well as sacrificing career movements for her husband, he leaves her for another women. Hunter’s character is now considering all the possibilities of life, and where it might lead her. The biggest question being can she lead a successful happy life alone. To add to the story Hunter’s character winds up meeting and becoming friends with her buildings elevator man Pat (Danny DeVito). DeVito’s character has also gone through many challenges in life, a failed marriage, a resent loss of a child, and not to mention the ill ability to maintain a good job. Yet never the less he has a somewhat good outlook on life, and the continuing idea for his own business. Of course this brings these two characters close together is somewhat of a tangled friendship romantic something. Also making an appearance in this film is Queen Latifah who plays Liz a jazz singer at this cool kind of run down jazz club. Thought the film Latifah’s character is somewhat of a voice of reason for Judith. Liz who is kind of a fallen jazz singer still has a positive out look on her life and holds a strong presence. It is through these three characters that the film evolves taking you in and out of the jazz club, Judith’s apartment, the elevator, some flashes of Judith’s imagination and to some club where a choreographed dance happens.
All in all I don’t think that this was a terrible movie, it’s definitely not a movie that would be projected towards my demographic. I under stood the roll of the character and how she had to look at and reevaluate her entire life from a standpoint other than hers, yet you can imagine the struggle. Through out the film it was easy to see how the main characters were attracted to each other given their different personalities and pathways through life. Some of the events that took place like flashes into Judith’s mind or the random ness of her actions, to even the places they would go were confusing yet it kept me wondering what could actually happen next. I would say I would give this movie a two and a half of five stars, I’d say this because all the randomness and unusual humor that had been used in the film kept me some what occupied for at least one sitting.