At the Movies: Beatriz at Dinner (2017)
It is blazing hot in the Central Valley in California (100 degrees-plus yesterday and today) and a cool theater sounds like the right move. Here is one new release — a comedy at that with an immigration subtext — that may be worth watching.
Beatriz at Dinner (2017) Beatriz (Salma Hayek), an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner in Southern California. Don Strutt (John Lithgow) is a real estate developer whose cutthroat tactics have made him a self-made, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two polar opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same.
I saw this movie over the weekend and can attest that it is thought provoking and unsettling at the same time. Watch the ending carefully!
KJ