That sense comes in a stolen moment in which James sits next to a similarly broken Isabelle, and slightly reaches for her hand—the desperation to choose peace and comfort instead. AMovieGuy.com’s RATING: 3 STARS (Out of 4) In Julie Delpy’s My Zoe, the Before Trilogy actor and writer has made an incredibly unique kind of sci-fi film. In what will no doubt be exciting news for any movie fan, reports suggest that Zoe has joined the cast of an upcoming project by Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle director David O Russell. Director Drake Doremus; Writer Richard Greenberg; Cinematographer John Guleserian; Editor Douglas Crise; Composer Dan Romer James is vengeful about how the marriage ended, even though there’s a clear urgency within him to try to salvage it. Before Zoe is in a coma, the film's biggest problem is about the couple sharing custody of their daughter, trading days and finding some balance, her job as an immunologist often getting in the way. STARRING: JULIE DELPY, RICHARD ARMITAGE, DANIEL BRUHL, GEMMA ARTERTON. Zoe's detriment, as mentioned, is not necessarily any of its individual parts, such as its cast, cinematography, score, or direction. Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, HBO's Isabel is a Powerful Look at an Influential Life, Five Female Directors Who Made Waves in 2020, What Dreams May Come: Julia Sarah Stone on Come True and the Mysteries of the Subconscious. Dever is best known for her work in Unbelievable , a wrenching Netflix miniseries based on a true story of sexual assault, and Booksmart , a moving and modern high school comedy . Rashida Jones as Emma. MOVIE: MY ZOE. Léa Seydoux Ewan McGregor Rashida Jones Theo James Matthew Gray Gubler Miranda Otto Christina Aguilera Helen Johns Kyle Gatehouse Sarah Levesque Arlen Aguayo-Stewart Jordana Lajoie Anthony Shim Frank Marrs Richard Brimblecombe Stephanie Ng Wan Letitia Brookes Adam Bernett Tristan D. Lalla Vincent D'Arbouze Stephen Spreekmeester Donovan Colan Noémie Leduc-Vaudry Janine … And so the non-stop, navel-gazing, faux philosophical dialogue about love starts to feel like some strange experiment itself. Lindsay Duncan as Kathy. Richard Armitage as James. Read critic reviews In “My Zoe,” her latest film as a writer/director/actor, Delpy's character Isabelle is the mourning blue of its melancholic story, which presents a mother and ex-wife grieving over her daughter Zoe (Sophia Ally) falling into a coma, while clashing with her ex-husband James (Richard Armitage), and opting for a futuristic way out of her pain. Despite the best efforts of McGregor to imbue his lovelorn protagonist with relatable emotional depth, there’s never an emotional hook to make you honestly care about these people. Julie Delpy seems to always be the life force for any film that she stars in. Plot: Manolo wants to be a musician while his family wants him to be a bullfighter. Zoe Perry (born September 26, 1983) ... Career. Ewan McGregor as Cole. Meet the cast from Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist on NBC.com. As the film industry came to a screeching halt in 2020, writer-directors Zoe Lister-Jones and Daryl Wein still had the itch to create. It reaches points of near-parody, not unike overhearing drunk college kids talk about dating apps and the meaning of love at 3 AM at a party you really want to leave. And it comes in a major development in Delpy's gradual storytelling, when Isabelle goes to Russia, alone, to see a controversial embryo doctor named Thomas (Daniel Brühl) who might be able to help clone Zoe. Clearly, this is going to be one of those deep dives into how people have been trained by dating services and app culture to believe that there’s such a thing as a perfect match. Director Julie Delpy; Writer Julie Delpy; Cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine; Editor Isabelle Devinck They have joined the previously announced actors Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington as the cast. Like a lot of facets in this movie, you go along with Delpy's emotional propulsion, the same with its more subtle scientific touches (like the world-building that comes from Isabelle's large wristband that turns into a large, flat phone). Drake Doremus continues his dispiriting descent into dumb drama with his third deeply defeatist look at the deepening difficulties of finding love in the technological era in a row. The news gets worse and worse, and Delpy and Armitage show the natural, quiet wear these developments would have on a parent. Zoe Saldana will be also seen in James Cameron’s Avatar 2, which is the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster film Avatar. The 32-year-old actress has joined the cast of Steven Soderbergh's latest flick, which will be released exclusively on streaming service HBO Max. It’s a little bit of “Her,” a little bit of “Westworld,” a little bit of “Love Potion No. And because it’s Delpy determining the energy, the movies are grounded in their own unique space, somewhere between "only in the movies" and "just like real life.". Deadline recently reported that Rami Malek and Zoe Saldana have been added to the ensemble cast of David O. Russell’s film. Theo James as Ash. Amazon may want to take a page from their competitor’s handbook and make “Zoe” a little hard to find. It is stunning then, to see Delpy claim in the film's press notes that it's not a personal story, so much as inspired by a fear of losing her own son. The main “twist” of “Zoe” occurs deep enough into the film that I won’t spoil it here but suffice to say that Cole and Zoe’s relationship is “complicated.” The two people working to “improve” the dance of love for others have trouble finding the right steps with each other. Zoe's 17-year-old brother, Connor, took his own life, and is the catalyst for the entire movie. For whatever “My Zoe” lacks in story momentum, it largely makes up with Delpy’s transparent, sincere dedication to presenting such an unfathomable experience. Brian Tallerico is the Editor of RogerEbert.com, and also covers television, film, Blu-ray, and video games. Cast. Zoe Kravitz will star in 'KIMI'. Storytelling isn't My Zoe's strength, but the depth of feeling that writer-director-star Julie Delpy brings to her characters helps offset this drama's flaws. Netflix has long been accused of burying their Original Programming with too little promotion and menus that make it hard to find the new stuff. One only hopes the director of "Like Crazy" moves on to new subject matter now that his trilogy is mercifully over. In Richard Linklater’s romantic "Before" trilogy, her Céline was the sun; in her own projects as a writer/director/actor, she's embodied the slight screwball that can emerge from real-life situations, whether they involve electric relationships (“2 Days in Paris,” "2 Days in New York") or romps about a jealous adult son's sabotage (“Lolo”). The Craft: Legacy is a teen horror film about four uncanny teenagers bonded by their witch genes, forming a coven and exploring their recently activated powers in the process. for some sexual material and drug content. Kaitlyn Dever was cast as Zoe Murphy, Hansen's longtime crush. critics consensus. The film's energy is her restrained performance, her heavy emotions expressed with muted urgency; the movie switching between scenes of Isabelle's pain swallowed, and then Isabelle's lone determination to do the scientifically improbable. Gemma Arterton as Laura Fischer. Zoe Saldana and Rami Malek have joined the cast of an untitled film project from David O. Russell. DIRECTED BY: JULIE DELPY. But "My Zoe" always comes back to Delpy on-screen, and the way that the movie wants us to process Isabelle's experience right alongside her. Cast. Perry was born in Chicago to actors Laurie Metcalf and Jeff Perry. As Manolo and town’s hero Joaquin love Maria, and both wish to marry her, the ruling deities of the underworld place their bets about trios’ future. It almost makes one wonder if it wasn’t created by a computer program itself, one designed to write a “movie about love in the future.” Although most modern screenwriting programs could have probably come up with something better than this. It's a strong testament to her emotional boldness as a storyteller, in front of and behind the camera. Blame about Zoe’s condition becomes the only type of resolve that seems in grasp. These are people who think lines like “It’s better to feel pain than to feel nothing” are deep. Star Cast: Christina Applegate, Diego Luna, Channing Tatum, Ron Perlman, Zoe Saldana. Inside a Berlin hospital, Isabelle and James wait for answers and volley their angst, while Stephane Fontaine's cinematography sometimes catches their spats from a distance, always with an icy blue sheen. He's an actor best known for starring in Broadway's Mean Girls and will assume the role of Oliver. Rami Malek and Zoe Saldana Join David O. Russell’s Mysterious New Movie ‘The Adam Project’: Jennifer Garner and Zoe Saldana Join Cast Alongside Ryan Reynolds Cole should be a fascinating tech genius, but he's a typically mopey Doremus creation, having split with his wife (a wasted Rashida Jones) after a program he helped develop told the couple they wouldn't last. HBO's Isabel is a Powerful Look at an Influential Life, Five Female Directors Who Made Waves in 2020, What Dreams May Come: Julia Sarah Stone on Come True and the Mysteries of the Subconscious. Grief can be freeing, in one small way: it makes one realize what normalities do not matter in the bigger picture. Zoe Saldana and Rami Malek have joined the cast of an untitled film project from David O. Russell. Leading people to their mathematically determined soulmate is only one of the goals of tech genius Cole (Ewan McGregor), who works with Zoe on a line of high-tech synthetic replicants. Nick Allen is an Assistant Editor at RogerEbert.com and is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. Both of them have signed on to the project as production is currently underway. Sophia Ally as Zoe. ‘Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist’ (NBC) So, what is the truth? With an ensemble cast of Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart, Andrew Leeds, Alice Lee, Michael Thomas Grant, Kapil Talwalkar and Mary Steenburgen, fans can't help but wonder if any of them actually do their own singing. Appearing as Anamaria, the actress made an impression in a film bursting with A-list talent, from Johnny Depp to Keira Knightley. "My Zoe" dares to lead with its feelings, and that fearlessness provides a striking spectacle itself. Léa Seydoux as Zoe.