Watch: Wendy and Lucy 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – A woman’s life is derailed en route to a potentially lucrative summer job. When her car breaks down, and her dog is taken to the pound, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she is led through a series of increasingly dire economic decisions..
Plot: Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested for shoplifting dog food. When she posts bail and returns to retrieve Lucy, she finds that the dog is gone, prompting a frantic search for her pet.
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A woman, Wendy (Michelle Williams), is trekking through America, well, she does have a car, although not of much use to her (it breaks down early on in the movie). She also has a dog, Lucy, whom she loses early in the movie. We have no idea where this woman came from exactly, but we know where she is going, and why. Alaska… to get work. Of course, this might not be the entire truth, just what she tells people. She is not poor, but she has clearly not been wasting her money so far and she is not about to do that now, although, circumstances might take that decision right out of her hands.This woman has experienced something, and carry the scars. She does not trust people well, but learns to trust some people throughout the movie. But luckily, the movie does not provide all the answers… we have to figure them out for ourselves. These are the movies that I like the best.
Michelle Williams is amazing in this role, heartbreaking really. She makes good decisions, but also some terribly wrong ones that might change her journey significantly. I found myself being angry at her early on for making a really stupid and unnecessary decision, but how wonderful to finally see a character who isn’t perfect. Flaws is what define a human.
The movie itself is slow paced, taking its time to follow Wendy around. It never rushes the story for a second, and when it is over, you can’t help but think that it could have easily been 2-3 hours longer, as you want to see what happens to Wendy and Lucy. The images are very realistic, following Wendy close. They are not perfect, but neither is life, and this movie wants to show us just that… life. This is clearly an indie movie, and one of the best I’ve seen in a good while. I’ve seen another movie by the director, Kelly Reichardt, and it was filmed in the same way.
_Last words… Wendy and Lucy is a story about being human, about surviving in the world, about searching for something, a purpose maybe. It is also about friendship and trust, about the choices that we make, the choices that come to define us and our lives. Yes, it might seem like a small movie, but in reality, it is the biggest story of all, the story of our lives._
Michelle Williams is one of the photogenic face in Hollywood and also like her performance. But won the negative impression of mine over portrayal of her character in ‘Take This Waltz’. Doing a villainous role may get appreciation, for example, the Joker from Batman, but doing things that affect morality is really hurt if you really like that person. After that movie, I was not into her films and she also did not do any major roles. Accidentally I came to know about this movie, which is in fact a bit older movie than what I was talking about and after knowing more about it, I got interested and I could not resist from watching. Frankly, this movie filled the gap created by the earlier crack.This movie falls in the line of ‘Open Road’ and ‘Into the Wild’ when it comes to rendering the main character. If you have already seen those two, or any other similar flicks, then you would find this movie was very much intense. Wendy, a woman in her late 20s with her dog Lucy are on an expedition to the other end of the country seeking a solution to the difficulty for having a normal life and job. One must have to keep walking on either of way to see a light at the end of the tunnel and that’s what Wendy does here.
> “You can’t get an address without an address.
> You can’t get a job without a job.”This movie commence middle of her destination, where she’s stranded after her car broke-down. It won’t say anything about the earlier account of Wendy or what might happen after the timeline of this film. All the 80 minute of narration takes place in the Oregon city which is just a glimpse of her life for us as a movie, but a major impact thenceforth in her life. The struggle during fixing her car is what depicted simply, but beautifully on the screen.
The story is about the man and his pet’s relationship, that’s what the meaning of the title, like ‘Marley & Me’. Also being a young woman, society is no safe for roaming freely all the places alone at all the time. Plain drama, it was, but something meaningful story, a lesson to learn, a character to study and a life to experience. A kind of journey of self- discovery during understanding how the civil system works. Thematically there’s nothing wrong, but ‘setting an example’ wise, this movie is not safer for other than the adults. Among the best movies of the year it was released. Impossible not to recommend others, especially by me to you perhaps.
8/10
Simple story, powerful message.
Is there no more great frontier? Has time run out on those who look west to a better tomorrow? ‘Wendy and Lucy’ is a small movie with its scope set on a larger, subtle target. Soft-spoken but very admirable, Kelly Reichardt has crafted a touching story of one girl’s endless search for her dog.On the road to Alaska in search for better economic opportunity, Wendy finds herself in a small Oregon town where its citizens seem to live on the fringe of poverty long after job-providing factories have closed up shop. Keeping track of every penny she spends, Wendy’s car suddenly won’t start. And after an attempt to shoplift a bit of food sidelines her, she loses track of Lucy. A dog, a companion, and her best friend.
A determined Wendy searches for Lucy in every nook and cranny. Played by a quiet Michelle Williams, this is a subdued performance but a strong one. A portrait of loneliness, of heartbreak. She lives a life far from fortunate, but she holds her head high and looks to Alaska for hope. And in a small neighborhood where her situation seems to only go from bad to worse, Wendy has nobody to rely on but a friendly elderly security guard. Giving her a sense of moral support she probably is in desperate need for, we expect emotion. But staring panic in the face, Wendy remains strong. Her first moment of visible emotional anguish and vulnerability comes after a terrifying encounter in a forest in the middle of the night. A glimpse into her future as a vagabond? ‘Wendy and Lucy’ comes at a time when our own economy is in a state of perpetual free fall, which helps Reichardt drive her timely message home. It is these often seemingly mundane and unimportant everyday activities that may cause the film to drag, though it comes in at a slim 80 minutes. But it is these events that help the film and Williams find personality. ‘Wendy and Lucy’ asks us to be strong, to stick with our character. And it offers an ending that will pull at the heartstring of even the most hardened cynic. A tough, very challenging situation you and I would never want to find ourselves in. It speaks of conviction, of doing the right thing even when it’s impossibly difficult.
Raw but surprisingly gripping, Reichardt does much with little. It’s a touching picture, a bittersweet one. ‘Wendy and Lucy’ may feel minor, but it’s a fine piece of beautifully told cinema. A snapshot that gains more appreciation upon reflection.
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Like Old Joy, maybe too minimalist, as well as forced, but it has its charms. Spoilers in the last paragraph only.
Following in the same steps as her first film, Old Joy, Kelly Reichardt has constructed another small, simple, minimalist film. Wendy is a hippie chick who has nothing but a few hundred dollars to her name, her car and her dog. Lucy is that dog, and Wendy’s only companion. Wendy is traveling to Alaska for some seasonal work, and has stopped off in small town Oregon for a night’s sleep (in her car, of course). In the morning, she finds her car does not work. Not knowing how much of her approximately $500 it will take to fix it, Wendy makes the incredibly, almost unbelievably moronic choice to shoplift a can of dog food for Lucy. This results in the obliged prosecution, which separates the title characters for several hours. Upon Wendy’s return, Lucy is nowhere to be found. Most of the movie consists of Wendy looking around for her pooch, while her money slowly dwindles between the shoplifting fine, the Xerox usage and the tow, not to mention the impending cost of repair.Michelle Williams plays Wendy, and everything we know about her is due to her masterful performance. Much like in Old Joy, Reichardt gives us almost nothing to work with concerning who this person is. We learn of a not very sympathetic sister (and rather more sympathetic brother-in-law) back in Indiana, but we don’t learn whether Wendy’s wanderings have anything to do with these people. Little to nothing is implied there, though I suspect some who feel like digging will come up with a theory involving Wendy’s illicit affair with her sister’s husband. Honestly, her history is not much worth speculating. It’s Wendy’s characteristics which identify her, her cropped hair and lack of attachment to material things. I’m aware of her subculture because one of my best friends from high school became a professional hippie after college. I half kid, but you really do have to work at it. He has told me about many of his acquaintances, among whom were female drifters accompanied by large dogs.
I actually really like Reichardt’s style. It’s hypnotic and often beautiful. And I think Wendy and Lucy is an even better film than Old Joy. However, it’s impossible to feel too much sympathy for Wendy. I mean, shoplifting isn’t a major crime or anything, but why would you even chance it when you’re in such a precarious situation? A can of Alpo costs, what, a dollar fifty? Dropping a buck fifty is probably not going to tip the scales on whether or not you can afford to replace the serpentine belt on your car. And then there’s the film’s finale. It’s powerful, to be sure. But it rings completely false.
These drifter women don’t have a dog solely for companionship. They are an essential part of the lifestyle. Their symbiotic benefit is that they serve as protection. The scene where the hobo assaults Wendy would never have happened if Lucy had been there to protect her master. Without the dog, this 100 pound woman is completely vulnerable to any of the male drifters with whom she crosses paths. There’s no way this woman is going to give up her dog.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 20 min (80 min)
Budget 200000
Revenue 1192655
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama
Director Kelly Reichardt
Writer Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt
Actors Michelle Williams, Lucy, David Koppell
Country United States
Awards 9 wins & 16 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Arriflex 16 SR3, Zeiss Super Speed and Canon Lenses
Laboratory FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA
Film Length 2,200 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 16 mm (Kodak Vision2 Expression 500T 7229)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 16 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (spherical) (blow-up)