Hateship Loveship is about a caretaker, played by Kristen Wiig, who moves from caring for an elderly woman to a teenage girl who lives with her maternal grandfather, played by Nick Nolte, and not her father, played by Guy Pearce. The change in job description creates incredibly different challenges for this caretaker in how she lives her life and sees herself. Hateship Loveship creates so much tension that while watching the drama unfold, I acted as if I was watching a horror movie, but Hateship Loveship is as close as Americans will get to French film.
The characters are deeply flawed, alone and in need of each other, but coming together makes no sense given what they know about each other and their history. Hateship Loveship creates a realistic tightrope where things can barely, but beautifully work or go horrifically wrong depending on how much leeway one character is capable of giving the other while giving in to a certain amount of vulnerability and risk.
If you feel like Kristen Wiig plays the same character over and over again or can’t really act, shut your mouth and check out Hateship Loveship. Wiig really lays down some nuanced and subtle character development in every move. You shouldn’t multitask while watching Hateship Loveship. Hateship Loveship demands your complete attention and is a must see masterpiece on human nature and need.