Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.
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Nick was crazier than Mabel. He should’ve been the one to get help. And I second, my friend, Josh’s opinion that there should have been scenes for her time at the hospital.
Never again
I was afraid that after mostly appreciating Faces instead of really liking it, that Cassavetes just wasn’t going to be for me. I was wrong. What’s done here is an example of one of cinema’s most interesting ability: to be an empathy generator. I felt so much for Mabel. She is, like so many of us, just trying her best to be good to others. But it seems like she just wasn’t trained to do it in the language that the rest of the world would recognize and I can really feel that.