Review of Showing Up (2023) by Moviemitch96 — 29 Apr 2023

Kelly Reichardt graces us with yet another slow cinema film, this time about a middle-aged sculptor (Michelle Williams) simply trying to live day by day without hot water in her house before her big artistic showcase.

While Williams is fine in the lead, and supporting performances from Andre Benjamin, Jon Magaro, Hong Chau, and Judd Hirsch to name a few were nice to see as well, the film, much like its main character, lacks any true story/purpose or direction.

While this has come to be expected from Reichardt at this point in her career, it lacks the same warmth and charm of some of her previous films, such as 'First Cow'.