[stillhopeful]

You will meet a tall dark stranger. Woody Allen. All about mlc. Very good. Sorry I haven't properly introdced myself. I havent had the energy to write my story but i will. just wanted to add my movie. Its really good.

[Anjae]

Submarine. The wife, if she is not in MLC then I don't know what is she on...The movie is about the son but the mum behaviour is very much MLC.

[Little Debbie]

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if I posted this in the right place.  So please forgive me if I didn't.

I watch a movie called The Beaver with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster.  The reason I am posting it here is it is the best movie so far that I have watched concerning MLC.  They never really call it MLC . 

The reason I decided to watch this movie is my H said a few weeks ago that he had seen it and it is exactly how he feels.  He saw himself in this movie.

As I sat and watched it I cried as to see this from their, the MLC'er point is very different.  I have always thought or visioned that he was very depressed but to see it was so eye opening.

The Beaver in this movie to me represented any feel good, hide behind behavior that the MLC'er has.  Such as the addiction to OW, drugs, alcohol etc.. 

There is also a part in this movie that really hit me.  Him and his wife are in a resturant.  She was pressuring him about their relationship and who he is.  You can see him regressing back into the tunnel.   He does what any MLC'er would do up the antidote to feel better.  So eye opening!

He goes public and what he says abt his family is so MLC and so by the book (script as you all say here) that I promise you your jaw will drop!

The end to me showed how difficult it is for them to just stop their behavior.  How they can be convinced that their life is only better because of their feel good antidotes.  How hard it is for them to stop it and that when they hit bottom for the final time they fight to be free from the grasps of their MLC.

The movie does show how hurt his wife is, maybe could of shown a little more real life falling apart as most would in real life.  She does show it more in the restaurant scene. 

The hard part is watching the teenage son and how hard it is on him.  I saw both of my daughters behavior in him.  The younger one is much more accepting but does show some sadness.

 Wish I was good at writing movie reviews but not so much.  I can only promise you if you watch this movie you too will have an eye opening experience.

If any of you have already seen this movie please let me know your thoughts. 

I have tried not to give away to much of the movie and the out come.  You will have to watch it and see for yourself what happens. 

I rented it on amazon.com for 3.99 and watched it on my monitor.  I am now going to buy it in the store and watch it again with my girls.

Thanks every one have a Great day!

Little Debbie

[WarriorPriestess]

Thanks for the recommendation.  I have it queued up on Netflix, but was debating whether to actually watch it or not.  Now I will. 

[Little Debbie]

Great let me know what you think.

 I will be out of town until Tuesday morning.

I will get on here as soon as I can when I get back. 

[Rebel Yell]

I watched it a few weeks back. I found it to be a very disturbing, dark movie.
It was like watching a train wreck. I saw what you saw, I heard what you heard.
My heart hurt for the wife and the kids. I felt like just slapping him to make him
snap out of it. I think it shows something beyond MLC to the point of total and
complete breakdown emotionally. I don't think I'd watch it with kids, although I
did watch it with my 18yo.

[WarriorPriestess]

Rebel, that is what keeps me from watching it.  I don't know if I can emotionally handle it right now. 

[kikki]

Interesting that Mel is playing the lead in this movie - he would have to be a man who has had a MLC.
I wonder if part of his healing is to get this out to the world - so maybe they may judge him less harshly??

Haven't watched it yet, but will steel myself to .......

[Anjae]

I've seen the movie (OP maybe you can merge this thread with the one about MLC movies...). Found it ok. Also seen Solitary Man that i thought was quite good. Its with Michael and Susan Sarandon. These two movies show two men in MLC, in two different periods of their life. In Beaver the man is still pretty much married, in Solitary Man he is already divorced. We get to see what sets the man into the crisis and him hitting rock botton.

[OldPilot]

I've seen the movie (OP maybe you can merge this thread with the one about MLC movies...).

There were three threads about this that I have now put together here.
Thanks AnneJ