Have you seen Enough Said?
You have to!
I went to see it with Michael last weekend, and we were both so moved by the way Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Albert (James Gandolfini) interacted with each other in such meaningful and authentic ways.
We were choked up, moved almost to tears.
When I asked my husband why we felt this way, he just said: “Bari, it’s because it’s so simply sweet.”
Let me tell you a little bit about the story. . .without spoiling anything for you.
Eva and Albert are both in the same phase of life—they’re divorced and their daughters are about to enter college—and they met at a party where she announced that there was no one there she found attractive. (Hmmmm….I’ve heard this one before!)
But Albert, who agreed with what she was saying and claimed he didn’t see anyone interesting at the party, winds up asking a mutual friend for her number and they begin to date.
For the first time in their lives, they both feel that true love and unconditional acceptance are possible.
Albert’s a teddy-bear type with a big gut and lots of flaws who didn’t feel loved or accepted in his marriage. Instead, he always felt criticized and challenged about his preferences—like his penchant for picking out the onions from his guacamole.
Eva’s a petite massage therapist dreading the idea of being an empty nester, who spent years in a marriage to a man who was unwilling to meet her requests and made her feel really misunderstood.
She asks Albert questions and sees him as wonderful, even with his flaws, and he sees in her the possibility of feeling loved, accepted, and safe.
A future opens up for them, but first they must deal with the doubts Albert’s ex-wife plants in Eva’s mind.
