Wendy and Lucy

I watched Wendy and Lucy just now on Netflix Watch Instantly, based on a friend's recommendation on facebook.

This very quiet, very focused movie is difficult to watch. It is about a young woman (played firmly and sensitively by Michelle Williams) who is traveling in her car with her dog and a limited amount of cash. She is heading to Alaska to find work when her car breaks down and she loses her dog.

Wendy and Lucy chronicles the two days she spends in desolate town trying to find her dog and get her car fixed. It is a subtle movie that manages to be tense and frightening the entire time. There is very little relief, in fact none, from the sense of isolation (that's not quite the right word) and the terrible insecurity of not having money. This is a slow movie that had it not been so well crafted would possibly have been excruciatingly boring. Instead it shimmered.