Gloria bell review
Gloria Bell is a 2018 comedy-drama film written and directed by Sebastián Lelio; it is a remake of Lelio ‘s 2013 film Gloria. The movie stars Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera, Caren Pistorius, Brad Garrett, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Rita Wilson, Sean Astin, and Holland Taylor. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2018, and was theatrically released by A24 in the United States on March 8, 2019.
Gloria Bell is a middle-aged divorcee living in Los Angeles , California. She ‘s got two children from her previous marriage:
Anne, a kind-hearted yoga instructor, and Peter, an uninspired married man who takes care of his baby daughter while his wife is away. Gloria spends her nights on the dance floor, dancing in clubs around the area. One night, she meets Arnold, a divorcee like herself, and the two of them hit her off. They sleep together and start a relationship not long after that.
Gloria is annoyed, however, after Arnold reveals that he still has financial support for his ex-wife and two daughters, the latter of whom are unemployed and are making constant demands of him. Arnold owns a paintball facility, and he introduces Gloria to the sport.
Gloria introduces Arnold to her family at Peter’s birthday party, consisting of her two children and her ex-husband, Dustin, and his aunt. Gloria unwittingly reveals, during a toast, that Anne is pregnant; Anne begrudgingly explains that her father is a wave rider from Sweden, and she plans to move there to be with him. When the family looks at old pictures, including those of Gloria’s and Dustin ‘s wedding,
Arnold feels unwanted and takes away, quietly leaving after getting another call from his daughters. When Gloria discovers that he’s gone, the whole family is searching for him in a panic before they give up. Gloria is leaving embarrassed.
Gloria introduces Arnold to her family at Peter’s birthday party, consisting of her two children and her ex-husband, Dustin, and his aunt. Gloria unwittingly reveals, during a toast, that Anne is pregnant; Anne begrudgingly explains that her father is a wave rider from Sweden, and she plans to move there to be with him.
When the family looks at old pictures, including those of Gloria’s and Dustin ‘s wedding, Arnold feels unwanted and takes away, quietly leaving after getting another call from his daughters. When Gloria discovers that he’s gone, the whole family is searching for him in a panic before they give up. Gloria is leaving embarrassed.
Gloria is informed at the doctor’s office that she will have to take prescription eyedrops for the rest of her life as a result of her eyesight loss.
Gloria eventually answers Arnold’s phone calls and the two plan for a romantic trip to Las Vegas , Nevada, where Arnold booked a hotel for them. As they settle in their house, Arnold receives a phone call from his daughters, who tell him that his ex-wife wounded herself walking through a sliding glass door.
Arnold refuses to cancel the outing, and the two of them have sex that night. They enjoy spending time together, eating in nice restaurants and lounging in the hotel’s swimming pool. Arnold continues to ignore his daughters.
Calls, as he’s having a romantic dinner with Gloria, which means they ‘re going on a romantic trip to Spain. He apologizes, and Gloria is left alone after she disappears again. She goes back to their room and discovers that things are gone.
Disturbed, Gloria falls into a daze of drinking and holding a party with unknown people, meeting a married man named Jeremy and going on a hallucinatory journey. She wakes up on a pool chair that’s missing a foot, and she’s calling her mother, who comes to take her home.
Arnold calls her several times, and in response she unplugs her phone. Still stuck with Arnold’s paintball guns, she’s trying to get rid of them by throwing them away,But finally she turns her car around and picks them up, drives to Arnold ‘s house and secretly threatens him by shooting his house and him in frustration.
His ex-wife and daughters rush out and yell at her obscenity, but she remains undisturbed and drives away, laughing, while “Total Eclipse of the Heart” plays on her stereo.
At her friend Vicky’s daughter’s wedding, the song “Gloria” starts to play, and a stranger asks Gloria if she wants to dance. She politely refuses, but she’s going to have a change of heart when Vicky gets her out. She gets on the dance floor and begins to lose herself to the music.
