ACRIMONY

Released in March 2018, Acrimony tells the story of college student, Melinda Moore(Taraji Henson) who meets engineering student, Robert Gayle(Lyriq Bent), and after an explosive first encounter that involves Melinda assaulting Robert, she returns to her dorm. Later on, Melinda’s mom dies and she sleeps with Robert that day in his RV, and soon enough, they start dating. With the money left her by her mom, she purchases a car for Robert. The relationship nearly ends when Melinda goes into a rage upon discovering that she’s being cheated on by Robert. Her explosive outbursts involving destroying Robert’s RV, causes her to be permanently unable to have a child.

18 years later, and Melinda is still taking care of Robert who has refused to get a job on accounts of working on his invention. He convinces Melinda to mortgage the house left to her by her mom for the renovation of his invention. Things begin to go south when Diana, Robert’s college love, re-emerges and questions of fidelity come into play. Diana, on the other hand, has the key to all of Robert's dreams. Just how much can these two take for their two-decade-long relationship to end and what will be the consequences of the events that follow? For hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Phew! That was exhausting to recount. I may or may not have nearly slipped into a rage as I remembered all the events that occurred in this story. And it was a testament to the fact that sometimes, what we think may be love sometimes, is nothing short of ego and an unwillingness to cut losses. I remember sitting with my sister on the afternoon that we watched this, well into our teenage years, and thinking to myself, “Is it ever possible for us to be pushed this far?” The movie did let us understand that Melinda had serious abnormal issues with regards to her anger management. But I though to myself if that was really the case.

If you could be just peachy after 20 years of devoting your entire existence to a person, only to have said person fulfil all the things he promised you, in the exact order he promised those things, to another person. After two decades of coddling and emasculating this individual, and then you come to the realization that your entire life has been a waste. What would you really do? One thing I came to learn is the danger of repressed anger. Cause I mean, you may think you’re being mature letting things slide, but what if your anger is only being repressed and the resentment builds till it becomes a volcanic ball lodged right there in your chest, waiting to erupt and destroy all around it, including you?

The most chilling aspect of this movie for me, even though it didn’t seem too consequential were the words, meaning and synonym parts. So, a particular word that describes the current state of our female lead comes into play, the meaning and synonyms are shown, and a chill runs down your spine as you wait to see what unfolds. It’s difficult to explain unless you actually see these parts, but that is where the true thriller lay for me. The themes were profound, mostly realistic, and frankly, a mirror of situations most people find themselves in at different capacities, and probably don’t even know it.

The acting was superb. The script even more uniquely wonderful. The twists and ending were unexpected, saddening, but still somewhat satisfactory and understood in a way. Maybe a bit like poetic justice? Again, this is truly one of Tyler’s best productions and probably his peak era, as far as film producing and directing are concerned. Hope you enjoy this piece. Have you seen the film, Acrimony?

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