'Causeway' is one of the most potent turns in Jennifer Lawrence’s career, bookended by two magnificent scenes in the beginning and end of the film that serve as reminders of why Lawrence is one of the finest dramatic actors of her generation. Our review:
where her career got its start. Seeing Lawrence in this capacity again feels almost grand, even if her performance and the film itself are gentler and far more modest.After Lynsey is approved to leave the rehab center, she travels back by bus to her native New Orleans. No one arrives to pick her up, and when she sees her mother later that day, the two only briefly exchange pleasantries before Lynsey goes to sleep. She eventually lands a job cleaning pools.
Lynsey is trying to take her life back. After she’s finished cleaning the pools of wealthy New Orleans residents, she returns to the house her mother had to refinance three different times to sit alone in her room and play games of Memory as part of her outpatient treatment. She eats, exercises, and tries her best to get a decent night’s sleep without waking in screaming terror.
Neither James nor Lynsey have recovered from the trauma they incurred inside different vehicles, on opposite ends of the earth, but life marches on anyway. For the two of them, there’s a comfort in the knowledge that recovery isn’t just nonlinear, but often stagnant. Fragments of memories fall into their lives and give them pause. James’ recounting of his loss brings Lynsey to try to connect with her mother, forcing her to remember why their fissures exist in the first place.
Lawrence and Henry both navigate their characters’ pain with affecting poignancy. There are no sensational moments in the script; no one reaches the end of their rope and screams in guttural agony or breaks down into unsightly sobs.is, thankfully, free of those kinds of awards-baiting histrionics. Instead, James and Lynsey suffer like many of us do: almost entirely in silence. Their grief is revealed in small, rational actions.
The film is a heavy exploration of deep-set trauma, and it occasionally buckles under the weight of its themes. Some will read the film’s central relationship as a will they/won’t they romance story, despite Neugebauer’s direction setting up the film’s intent from the start. Unfortunately, it’s an easy mistake to make, considering thatis constrained by its limited runtime. It’s not a film that feels rushed, but rather underdeveloped at times.
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