Film Review – Causeway

For quite some time, Jennifer Lawrence had a white-hot career. She starred in respected indie films, carried a blockbuster franchise in “The Hunger Games” saga, and collected an Academy Award for her performance in 2012’s “Silver Linings Playbook.” Lawrence was everywhere, developing a reputation for committed performances and screen charm, but she mostly dropped out of sight after 2019’s superhero disaster, “Dark Phoenix,” finally taking a break from the business (save for a part in the ensemble-driven "Don't Look Up") after working steadily for nearly a decade. Lawrence returns in “Causeway,” eschewing a grandiose role for something small in an extremely modest picture about the weight of guilt and the healing ways of friendships. There’s no major swing of importance from director Lila Neugebauer, who keeps things calm and introspective for the endeavor, which does well with Lawrence and co-star Brian Tyree Henry, but doesn’t aim much higher than a simple study of characters trying to sort through the buried pain in their lives. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com