Being abandoned by a parent is a VERY touchy topic for me (my dad moved in with his now wife and helped raise her kids while he was still with my mom when i was about 11 and became an inconsistent parent- don't even get me started on his favoritisim that he never tried to hide). Hearing charlie say "I'm sorry for leaving you" near the end made me think about how I'd give anything to hear those words from my dad. I teared up throughout the movie but that line alone was the reason i had the hardest ugly cry i had in years when it was over
@@STRANGE-REACTIONS well its technically 6, unless you include the girl who played young Ellie in the flashback scenes. 2 of those 6 had very minor parts (Dan and Mary)... plus the fact the girl who played young Ellie is Sadie Sink's sister... which I just found that out
I really hope movies like this will help persuade people to support live theater more. There are so many brilliant plays with such important stories that get underminded purely because of their format. This movie is based on a really good play and the stage version is just as impactful. Plus, the script is an amazing read. This is just proof that movies based on plays can be just as good as movie musicals.
I don’t see anyone talking about this in the comments, but Sadie Sink’s acting in this movie was top notch even though she is not as recognized as an actor as Brendan Frazier is she still, IMO, deserves an award for this movie. I also love her in stranger things as Max incredible acting especially in the episode Dear Billy. Her acting in Fear Street 2 is also incredible I can feel her emotion being bullied and being betrayed by Nick Goode as well as Cindy’s death.
If she keeps up with it she'll get some great awards. Just hopefully she gets great movies because they never really know till it comes out and sadly i seen a lot of great young actresses get bad roles and fade out. Its like Hollywood can make so many movies for girls but not young adult roles.
i've known for many years that Brendan Fraser is an amazing actor. This however has rocketed him above anyone else i've ever seen. No wonder he won the Oscar for best performance
That movie is a straight out message about what overweight people like him have to be like and deal with every day, really sad movie. And I literally never cried big time before watching this movie, lol.
Why is Brendan Fraser so amazing, beyond the horror of the weight it was the pain in his eyes that tore my soul out. All the praise and awards 100pct deserved.
I like the idea of an intimate setting for intimate movies! Or scary ones lol like this would be perfect for the haunting of bly manor or hill house! Love you guys!
I would never take the time to watch a movie so sad, if it wasn't for you folks. It turns out, Brendan Fraser did deserve an Academy Award for this role. It was very well written, drubbing us with so much despair and the cast was outstanding. Well, hi Max! Cheers!
I felt so touched by this movie, I am in that point of life where I just wanna die and end it all, I just wanna know that I did something right in life, thats why I am pushing forward, I want to see my friends succeed, I am transforming my home into a hostel to give my best friend a solid job that doesnt fire him randomly, and I just want to give my all to them because I dont matter anymore... This movie broke me so badly, this is just purest cinema and I am glad I got to see it..
@34:05 yeah it was a very poetic way to say/show he died after making peace with his daughter, they reconnected again and it was all he ever wanted. "I just want to make sure i've done 1 thing right with my life!!" and that happens in the end. I see a lot of people with doubts about the end, what happened...he died man c'mon...
So I heard that at the end, him being lifted was his guilt being lifted. Him being at the beach and going into the water is like a beached whale being free back in the water. And yea he's pepsi.
What an incredible performance by Brendan Fraser, goes to show a good script in the hands of a actor known for comedy and action adventure films can show just how talented and capable they are. And can I also add, I've never wanted to beat a teenager's ass as badly as Sadie Sink in this film, her character is truly evil, and the character of Charlie is the polar opposite. But it's a testament to all the amazing actors in this movie. Everyone played their respective roles to perfection. What a movie.
I don’t think the daughter was trying to hurt Thomas. His parents already knew he smoked pot and stole the money. He didn’t say anything they didn’t already know except why he did it. Maybe it wouldn’t have had a happy ending but he would at least know where his parents stand.
I think she probably thought more along the lines of: "This kid is lying to my father. I don't like my father but this is messed up." I think she thought he was gonna get arrested. Which is fair enough, he's lying to get into her dad's house and admitted to stealing over 2 grand. She was like "Interesting, I'm sure the cops will think so too". It's the consequences of his own actions and of course Ellie wanted to see to it that his lie was exposed. Thomas was just lucky it was a happy ending
Fun fact, I'm only 38 & am about half the size Charlie is in the movie, but due to my financial & living situation (stress) & untreated symptoms (not BP related) have caused my BP to be even higher that when Charlie had his checked. My only Dr office kept telling me it's a hypertension emergency & I should be at the ER. Fun thing is my small-town ER has written me off since my dozen chronic & terminal illnesses have had me at the ER dozens of times in my life... Also, his daughter is a c u next tuesday, huh??
I haven't seen this full movie yet but I have to say from how little I saw It is an excellent reflective film and also very sad and heartbreakeang Brendan Fraser managed to perfectly interpret a character as complex as Charlie..Very well done Undoubtedly a film that touches on sensitive issues but with a well-achieved redemption.
The moment I heard his blood pressure was 200 over 134 I knew that that was a deadly level, and while it didn't surprise me at all, it's still a shock to hear if you know what I mean. My dad was a nurse and I've been obsessed with health since I was 21.
120/80 is considered to be standard blood pressure though some people have slightly higher or lower numbers at baseline. The top number is systolic blood pressure which is the pressure in your arteries while your heart is beating. The bottom number is diastolic blood pressure which is the pressure in your arteries in between heart beats.
I am of the opinion that in that last few seconds where there's the 'bright light' (heaven) and he 'levitates' isn't supposed to be him 'literally' getting raptured up, so to speak, but a metaphor that him mending ties with his estranged daughter is his idea of 'heaven'. It's all he ever wanted for the last 8 years. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure Aronofsky is an atheist so I don't see him sending the main character literally to heaven. Fantastic movie!
I love this movie and love your guys channel. I am beyond stoked for this reaction video. Haha Also funny being in bed with you guys! 😂 Should have done the bed reaction for 50 shades! Holding out hope for the two sequels!
The ending got me confused but still a berg good drama movie. That actor who played as Dan The Pizza Guy, Sathya Sridharan. He's a good actor too. Please watch and react on Minor Premise (2020). His acting is really good in that film.
I am 32, from Rome, working for a government I can't name. My job is "extraction of informations from people" in the basement of an embassy. I take 4 boxes (120g) of ambien (we call it stilnox over here) and 4 boxes of xanax (80g) a day. My parents died in a car crash when I was 8, I have no girlfriend, no friends. This is my honest. That's what is, in all honesty, what is left of me.
@@imaxischerhangus3578 ye i know i just thought Cody or Bridget would've recognised hey since they are watching stranger things rn and they didnt mention it so i dont know if they noticed.
Everyone in this movie annoyed me except Liz. Don’t get me wrong, every actor did great, Sadie really made me dislike her character & Brendan was phenomenal but it was extremely hard for me to see past all his flaws, the mistakes he made and suddenly trying to make a difference in the final week of his life for a daughter who clearly needs more than a weeks worth of his attention to sort through her anger & now possibly a whole new level of trauma and anger unlocked by his brief return and choosing to die, leaving her all over again for his partner…but maybe I missed the point or deeper meaning, maybe the fact that we don’t always get to set things right before we go is part of it? idk. I was definitely frustrated though.
Ellie is so harsh and mean but so many people hate her so quickly because we sympathize with our sad main character. I know that you guys understand why she's mad. I just seen a lot of people don't think about what it does to a 8 yr old that the parent they loved the most leaves chooses someone else and lives with them. The greatest love in their life becomes their biggest enemy and with years of growing up with that. Everytime she says something foul i put the disgust towards charlie because he caused her to be this way. Charlie still put the providers effort. But if he's going to pay for child's support he should of got court order to have her some parts of the week. Though most likely it was a messy break-up and he was caught up in his new love. He dropped the ball in doing the right thing. Everyone makes mistakes but just because he's self sabotaging himself he doesn't get sympathy for how he didn't raise his daughter.
if i layed in bed with a woman that didnt show any emotion or cry after watching this for the first time id be terrified as fuck,no emotions,unless theve watched it 10 times lol,
Im glad you guys could enjoy it but generaly I wasnt impressed. The most unrealistic thing to me is the webcam. Anyone who is paranoid about being seen will have it taped over or something. It is an insult to the character's intelligence and sense that he wouldn't have done that. The "reveal" was not necessary. Honestly a lot of it didnt feel necessary. Such focus on the weight rather than real effects, the characters, and such. Maybe Im just too aware of tropes regarding disability and mental health representation and homosexuality but yeah.
IMO the daughter has no right to be a c-bag to everyone just because her dad left. One of the only clear memories I have from my childhood is of clinging to my dad's leg at age 7 while he had his bags thrown out by my mother & he left us for another family, and to this day is allowing those step-kids who are now in their mid-30s, to live for FREE in their house (& have their whole lives, while I have been forced to live on my own for 15yrs) while ignoring my texts letting him know that after doing 1000% I can do on my own, I lost my power/heat in the bitter cold for over a week. I have a million reasons to be bitter at the world & my parents, and I might be, but I still treat EVERY living person & animal with the compassion & empathy I hope to be given! 🤷♀️
I imagine that from the author's perspective, he wrote the daughter to be extremely cruel to Charlie because she is the biggest example of him doing a shameful thing and his self-hatred that followed. I mean, just by not seeing her for eight years, he knows he failed her. And then he sees her, and she's constantly calling him a disgusting failure which he already feels he is.
I'd love this movie if it was more lowkey, but Aronofsky had to make everything so grand to the point of being comical, still love Brendan's performance tho.
I did not need a reminder of this movie, not even the cozy bed vibes helped 😭
Hi king! ❤
Hugs for Puggs!
AT ALL 😭🥹
Oh I watched your reaction 😭😂
Watching this movie is like being hit with a sludge hammer over and over again, but it's worth watching. It's definitely not a fun movie.
Being abandoned by a parent is a VERY touchy topic for me (my dad moved in with his now wife and helped raise her kids while he was still with my mom when i was about 11 and became an inconsistent parent- don't even get me started on his favoritisim that he never tried to hide). Hearing charlie say "I'm sorry for leaving you" near the end made me think about how I'd give anything to hear those words from my dad. I teared up throughout the movie but that line alone was the reason i had the hardest ugly cry i had in years when it was over
This entire movie was acted in only one room and it still slapped ❤
Not only that, but 7 actors in the entire film too
@@jaysondixon923 thanks for pointing this out. Didn’t notice that bit.
@@STRANGE-REACTIONS well its technically 6, unless you include the girl who played young Ellie in the flashback scenes. 2 of those 6 had very minor parts (Dan and Mary)... plus the fact the girl who played young Ellie is Sadie Sink's sister... which I just found that out
@@jaysondixon923 good catch
@@jaysondixon9236 characters, 7 actors
Everything about this movie was amazing. The fact that it wasn't even nominated for best picture is a crime. Brendan Fraser was extraordinary.
I havent cried like a baby in a long time and this movie broke the life out of me. Glad Brendan made a comeback.
I really hope movies like this will help persuade people to support live theater more. There are so many brilliant plays with such important stories that get underminded purely because of their format. This movie is based on a really good play and the stage version is just as impactful. Plus, the script is an amazing read. This is just proof that movies based on plays can be just as good as movie musicals.
I don’t see anyone talking about this in the comments, but Sadie Sink’s acting in this movie was top notch even though she is not as recognized as an actor as Brendan Frazier is she still, IMO, deserves an award for this movie. I also love her in stranger things as Max incredible acting especially in the episode Dear Billy. Her acting in Fear Street 2 is also incredible I can feel her emotion being bullied and being betrayed by Nick Goode as well as Cindy’s death.
If she keeps up with it she'll get some great awards. Just hopefully she gets great movies because they never really know till it comes out and sadly i seen a lot of great young actresses get bad roles and fade out. Its like Hollywood can make so many movies for girls but not young adult roles.
i've known for many years that Brendan Fraser is an amazing actor. This however has rocketed him above anyone else i've ever seen. No wonder he won the Oscar for best performance
That movie is a straight out message about what overweight people like him have to be like and deal with every day, really sad movie. And I literally never cried big time before watching this movie, lol.
Why is Brendan Fraser so amazing, beyond the horror of the weight it was the pain in his eyes that tore my soul out. All the praise and awards 100pct deserved.
I like the idea of an intimate setting for intimate movies! Or scary ones lol like this would be perfect for the haunting of bly manor or hill house! Love you guys!
"I need to know that I have done one thing right with my life!"
Pain 😢
I would never take the time to watch a movie so sad, if it wasn't for you folks. It turns out, Brendan Fraser did deserve an Academy Award for this role. It was very well written, drubbing us with so much despair and the cast was outstanding. Well, hi Max! Cheers!
I felt so touched by this movie, I am in that point of life where I just wanna die and end it all, I just wanna know that I did something right in life, thats why I am pushing forward, I want to see my friends succeed, I am transforming my home into a hostel to give my best friend a solid job that doesnt fire him randomly, and I just want to give my all to them because I dont matter anymore... This movie broke me so badly, this is just purest cinema and I am glad I got to see it..
Bro i hope you keep pushing on,you matter.
You can do this bro!
You are not alone 🙂
Much love from Ukraine)
She’s smart. She caught haiku right away
was also surprised that she did, from what i've seen not many people caught it.
So many people were angry because of what he did to them. He's always happy and taking the anger because he's trying to get redemption.
@34:05 yeah it was a very poetic way to say/show he died after making peace with his daughter, they reconnected again and it was all he ever wanted. "I just want to make sure i've done 1 thing right with my life!!" and that happens in the end. I see a lot of people with doubts about the end, what happened...he died man c'mon...
I was not expecting a reaction to this movie this already gave me an emotional gut punch before.
So I heard that at the end, him being lifted was his guilt being lifted. Him being at the beach and going into the water is like a beached whale being free back in the water.
And yea he's pepsi.
What an incredible performance by Brendan Fraser, goes to show a good script in the hands of a actor known for comedy and action adventure films can show just how talented and capable they are. And can I also add, I've never wanted to beat a teenager's ass as badly as Sadie Sink in this film, her character is truly evil, and the character of Charlie is the polar opposite. But it's a testament to all the amazing actors in this movie. Everyone played their respective roles to perfection. What a movie.
I needed this cry again 😢❤
im sitting here crying with y’all 😭
I don’t think the daughter was trying to hurt Thomas. His parents already knew he smoked pot and stole the money. He didn’t say anything they didn’t already know except why he did it. Maybe it wouldn’t have had a happy ending but he would at least know where his parents stand.
although i've seen countless reasons of what the actual intention truly was. this was very well put together and i could see it for sure.
I think she probably thought more along the lines of: "This kid is lying to my father. I don't like my father but this is messed up."
I think she thought he was gonna get arrested. Which is fair enough, he's lying to get into her dad's house and admitted to stealing over 2 grand. She was like "Interesting, I'm sure the cops will think so too".
It's the consequences of his own actions and of course Ellie wanted to see to it that his lie was exposed.
Thomas was just lucky it was a happy ending
Brendan Fraser won the Oscar for Best Actor in this movie.
Did he censored his foot? Cody is into deep the monetization game.😂
New crying in bed series lol
Fun fact, I'm only 38 & am about half the size Charlie is in the movie, but due to my financial & living situation (stress) & untreated symptoms (not BP related) have caused my BP to be even higher that when Charlie had his checked. My only Dr office kept telling me it's a hypertension emergency & I should be at the ER. Fun thing is my small-town ER has written me off since my dozen chronic & terminal illnesses have had me at the ER dozens of times in my life...
Also, his daughter is a c u next tuesday, huh??
Omg yes finally thx you both the Whale is good
watching a movie reaction from bed is the best!! you guys look so cozy and it’s soothing seeing you so comfortable
The Cody body pillow would’ve been perfect for this vid
won 2 oscars best actor best make-up:)
2nd time I've cried watching this movie. I wasn't going to watch it without tissues but my dumb butt forgot them again. 🤧 😭 standing ovation
My dad passed away getting emergency gastric bypass surgery as a last ditch effort to save his life. This movie made me weep.
It broke my heart whe he was saying he just needs to know he did one thing right.😭
I haven't seen this full movie yet but I have to say from how little I saw It is an excellent reflective film and also very sad and heartbreakeang Brendan Fraser managed to perfectly interpret a character as complex as Charlie..Very well done Undoubtedly a film that touches on sensitive issues but with a well-achieved redemption.
This movie had such great acting. Applause all around. Brendan Frazier did his thing in this film, absolutely blew me away
This movie, is so sad :c But I find comfort in the fact, that I'm watching this in bed like yall :)
The moment I heard his blood pressure was 200 over 134 I knew that that was a deadly level, and while it didn't surprise me at all, it's still a shock to hear if you know what I mean. My dad was a nurse and I've been obsessed with health since I was 21.
Whats a healthy bp level? And what do the two numbers mean, the 200 over 134?
120/80 is considered to be standard blood pressure though some people have slightly higher or lower numbers at baseline. The top number is systolic blood pressure which is the pressure in your arteries while your heart is beating. The bottom number is diastolic blood pressure which is the pressure in your arteries in between heart beats.
@@tehdouglas1 Ideally less than 120 and less than 80. 100 over 65 is excellent.
While I love the basement set, you guys do look cozy.
26:35 I've watched several reactions for this movie now and that scene still gets me every time🥺😭
just power through the heart attack like every normal person lmao.
I see what you did there with the title 👀
Good one
Drop everything for Cody Nad Bridges hehehehe automatically watching and gonna love it. Definitely gonna cry I just know it.
More bed reactions ✊🏽✊🏽🫠😅
"Bedtime reactions w/Bridgeco" Sounds like a new channel could be coming! 😉🤣
I am of the opinion that in that last few seconds where there's the 'bright light' (heaven) and he 'levitates' isn't supposed to be him 'literally' getting raptured up, so to speak, but a metaphor that him mending ties with his estranged daughter is his idea of 'heaven'. It's all he ever wanted for the last 8 years. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure Aronofsky is an atheist so I don't see him sending the main character literally to heaven. Fantastic movie!
You guys should do sad movies in bed and call them the “Sad Sack” movies. 😮
I love this movie and love your guys channel. I am beyond stoked for this reaction video. Haha Also funny being in bed with you guys! 😂 Should have done the bed reaction for 50 shades! Holding out hope for the two sequels!
The ending got me confused but still a berg good drama movie. That actor who played as Dan The Pizza Guy, Sathya Sridharan. He's a good actor too. Please watch and react on Minor Premise (2020). His acting is really good in that film.
whats confusing?
yall need a bigger bed. also i like the way bridget sings her name!
This movie emotionally destroyed me for days, Brendan Fraser is brilliant
oscar deserved
This should be with select movies. The cozy series!
U guys are so cute ☹️💕
This movie is amazing but idk if I’d ever watch this right before bed 😭
This film and a good person really fucked me up haha. Hope to see a reaction to that too at some point.
I don’t wanna watch this movie because I’m fat and scared
Dude was like- weird shit
I highly recommend watching Aronofsky's The Wrestler. Has many similarities to this with a powerful performance from Mickey Rourke.
Its a damn good one
Well this will be awkward on next wheel of misfortune with me :D
I am 32, from Rome, working for a government I can't name. My job is "extraction of informations from people" in the basement of an embassy. I take 4 boxes (120g) of ambien (we call it stilnox over here) and 4 boxes of xanax (80g) a day. My parents died in a car crash when I was 8, I have no girlfriend, no friends. This is my honest. That's what is, in all honesty, what is left of me.
max from stranger things
The Actress's name is Sadie Sink.
@@imaxischerhangus3578 ye i know i just thought Cody or Bridget would've recognised hey since they are watching stranger things rn and they didnt mention it so i dont know if they noticed.
@@haydencalvert-smith5866 yea kinda weird
@@アキコ2003 kkk
she was also in fear street series the first two!
Have you guys watch requiem for a dream? another good one from him.
OK, that was rough.
guys, please react to JOJO RABIT.... thankyou :)
you two is my favorite reactor
Everyone in this movie annoyed me except Liz. Don’t get me wrong, every actor did great, Sadie really made me dislike her character & Brendan was phenomenal but it was extremely hard for me to see past all his flaws, the mistakes he made and suddenly trying to make a difference in the final week of his life for a daughter who clearly needs more than a weeks worth of his attention to sort through her anger & now possibly a whole new level of trauma and anger unlocked by his brief return and choosing to die, leaving her all over again for his partner…but maybe I missed the point or deeper meaning, maybe the fact that we don’t always get to set things right before we go is part of it? idk. I was definitely frustrated though.
You should watch arcane
Ellie is so harsh and mean but so many people hate her so quickly because we sympathize with our sad main character. I know that you guys understand why she's mad.
I just seen a lot of people don't think about what it does to a 8 yr old that the parent they loved the most leaves chooses someone else and lives with them. The greatest love in their life becomes their biggest enemy and with years of growing up with that.
Everytime she says something foul i put the disgust towards charlie because he caused her to be this way. Charlie still put the providers effort. But if he's going to pay for child's support he should of got court order to have her some parts of the week. Though most likely it was a messy break-up and he was caught up in his new love. He dropped the ball in doing the right thing.
Everyone makes mistakes but just because he's self sabotaging himself he doesn't get sympathy for how he didn't raise his daughter.
if i layed in bed with a woman that didnt show any emotion or cry after watching this for the first time id be terrified as fuck,no emotions,unless theve watched it 10 times lol,
Where is the stranger things reactions
You two should really take a lesson from this movie. Im praying for you.
Hello guys! I loved this reaction. This is a really good movie.
Can you guys react to “The Nightbird Agent” ?
React to fleabag
Im glad you guys could enjoy it but generaly I wasnt impressed. The most unrealistic thing to me is the webcam. Anyone who is paranoid about being seen will have it taped over or something. It is an insult to the character's intelligence and sense that he wouldn't have done that. The "reveal" was not necessary. Honestly a lot of it didnt feel necessary. Such focus on the weight rather than real effects, the characters, and such. Maybe Im just too aware of tropes regarding disability and mental health representation and homosexuality but yeah.
IMO the daughter has no right to be a c-bag to everyone just because her dad left. One of the only clear memories I have from my childhood is of clinging to my dad's leg at age 7 while he had his bags thrown out by my mother & he left us for another family, and to this day is allowing those step-kids who are now in their mid-30s, to live for FREE in their house (& have their whole lives, while I have been forced to live on my own for 15yrs) while ignoring my texts letting him know that after doing 1000% I can do on my own, I lost my power/heat in the bitter cold for over a week. I have a million reasons to be bitter at the world & my parents, and I might be, but I still treat EVERY living person & animal with the compassion & empathy I hope to be given! 🤷♀️
I imagine that from the author's perspective, he wrote the daughter to be extremely cruel to Charlie because she is the biggest example of him doing a shameful thing and his self-hatred that followed.
I mean, just by not seeing her for eight years, he knows he failed her. And then he sees her, and she's constantly calling him a disgusting failure which he already feels he is.
How ironic
I've seen a lot of *really* horrible shit in my life. Not much gets to me...this *got* to me. It's the single saddest film I've ever seen.
Well acted film for sure, but it does not sit right with me at all lol, im here for the reaction tho regardless.
Is the "heavy" in the title supposed to be a pun or is it just me? 😅
I'd love this movie if it was more lowkey, but Aronofsky had to make everything so grand to the point of being comical, still love Brendan's performance tho.
FIRST!!!!
The whales. Lol
11:13 hahaha you got her good.