COMING TO TERMS | Omeleto

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An alcoholic comes to terms. Ellie seems to be a typical young woman living in Manhattan, working at her office job and socializing in the city's bars and at her friends' parties. But Ellie has started to blackout after drinking every night, waking up to troubling evidence of poor decisions that she doesn't remember making. And soon she starts to realize that her "few drinks" may mean something else entirely. Writer-director Kait Gallagher's intimate, compassionate drama tackles the subject of alcoholism, as well as the growing awareness of an addiction -- and grappling with all the shame and difficulty that such a realization can mean. The writing and craftsmanship take viewers inside Ellie's perspective, meticulous building the blocks of her growing awareness as she experiences them. The subject of addiction and alcoholism can easily be turned into melodrama, but there are no screaming meltdowns or drastic accidents here, and the dramatic register is fairly muted. Instead, Ellie's journey as a character is primarily internal, one that's more about admitting the truth to one's self instead of being blindsided by it through tragedy. This shift feels more honest, relatable and true to life, and the writing is able to capture the quiet, troubling devastation within Ellie as she realizes the scope of her troubles, while still showing her compassion and dignity as a character. True to the intimate, clear-eyed style of storytelling, there's an unobtrusive yet resonant natura

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