Tallulah is a film about a young woman (played by Ellen Page) who is homeless, lives out of her van, and is a petty thief. She enjoys living her life on the road. This all changes when her boyfriend leaves her and then she ends up stealing a baby from a drunk woman one night in a hotel. After being mistaken as the hotel maid, the lousy mom asks her to babysit her child while she goes out with a guy, and when the mom returns passed out drunk, Tallulah decides to take matters into her own hands and kidnaps the baby.
I really liked this movie. Made by Netflix, it is another one of their hidden gems that you only find when you're 30 movies deep into searching in the drama section. The actual idea of the movie is messed up, since Tallulah did kidnap this baby. She did it because she thought it was morally the right thing to do; the mom was not a fit mother and was getting drunk every night. Even though Tallulah has zero knowledge of what to do with a baby, she thinks that the baby might actually have a chance if she was raised by someone who was capable of learning. She goes to her ex-boyfriend's mom (Allison Janney) for help, lying to her and saying that it is Tallulah's and that her son is the father. Begrudgingly, Janney takes them in and lets them stay for a while. The movie gets really cute really fast. Janney (who's character is never really named), Tallulah and the baby become this sort of blended little family, helping raise the baby together. Janney and Tallulah bond, talking about their lives and her relationship with Janney's son, Tallulah's ex-boyfriend. It is really heart warming to watch until you remember that Tallulah is keeping this huge lie from Janney: that she actually kidnapped that baby and her face is all over newspapers and TV networks because the child is technically missing. When you think about that part, it almost ruins it. SPOILER The ending is sad, because Tallulah gets arrested and the baby is returned to her rightful mother. Janney and Tallulah had this beautiful friendship that is now coming to a halt because Tallulah is arrested, the ending scene being her driving off in a police car. The ending felt very abrupt and it left a lot of unanswered questions, which I did not appreciate. Overall, though, this movie is very cute but sad in the end, making it only slightly disappointing. I would still recommend it, because it is a quick movie that is still enjoyable to watch.
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