The next morning, they try to get the ghost to leave Nisha's body, and call upon Ghost Gopal Varma, an exorcist. The trio decides to distance themselves from Nisha and to always stay together. That night, Raj too experiences the ghost's fury at its villainous worst.
When Kumaran hears Kathir describing Nisha as a ghost, he rushes to Nisha's room to scold her and tell her to apologize to Kathir, only for the ghost to enter her body and thrash him. Unaware of the ghost, Nisha grows depressed. Whenever Nisha reveals her feelings to Kathir and he responds by hugging or touching her, the ghost enters her body and scares Kathir away. Flabbergasted, Kathir runs out of the room. Kathir accepts, with shame and shyness.Īs Kathir tries to kiss Nisha, a ghost enters her body, forcing Kathir away. He meanwhile requests that Kathir kisses Nisha, telling him that Nisha wants to experience her first kiss before dying. At the end of the third day, Kumaran asks Nisha to kiss Kathir to divert him from suicide. Kathir develops feelings for Nisha, but hesitates to tell her in fear of humiliation. Their plan succeeds, and in those three days, the four get close to each other. Once they arrive, Kumaran and Nisha plan to postpone their suicides for three days in order to prevent Kathir's suicide, as Nisha has fallen in love with him. There, they find Athisaya Raj, who also wishes to commit suicide, and he joins them as they travel to a farmhouse. Nisha wants to steal a new car, and Kathir wants to slap the local MLA in his own house.Īfter Nisha and Kathir fulfill their last wishes, the trio escapes from the police and flees to a nearby resort. However, they want to fulfill their last wishes before doing so. And I won't waste my time or yours including a featurette here at the end as I usually do because it would be nothing more than a bunch of unbelievable rah-rah baloney anyway.ĭARLING COMPANION (Rated PG-13 for some sexual content including references, and language) was released theatrically in 2012 and is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.Kathir, Nisha and Kumaran plan to commit suicide together because they feel like failures. My best advice is to not waste your time on DARLING COMPANION. That dog, though, turned out to be pretty much the only character I did halfway like in DARLING COMPANION. Or it least it was played ridiculously unbelievable in this film. And the idea that a smart, savvy woman would get so wrapped up in the stray dog she found on the side of the road is ludicrous. This could have been a decent film if the writer and actors had delved reasonably and realistically into the challenges of the empty nest, friction among spouses, choosing a new path in later life, choosing a mate in early adulthood. But this time around they showed no passion, no heart. I've enjoyed many of their films, even reviewed a few on my site. It's difficult, nay, impossible to believe Keaton as Beth.Īll the others in the film trudge their way through the unbelievable story line, too. Keaton, in particular, plays a wimpy whiney woman that's far beneath her. Perhaps they dislike one another in real life, too, because even in what should have been tender moments between the two, they didn't seem to give a hoot.Īs far as storyline, resolutions over long-held resentments and disappointments just magically *poof* disappear without reason. Or, at the very least, mildly entertaining.ĭiane Keaton and Kevin Kline clearly don't like each other. It seems like it might be a fun-though surely frivolous-film rife with situations that resonate with midlifers and empty-nesters. How could he-the one responsible for, among billions of others, THE BIG CHILL, BODY HEAT, THE BODYGUARD and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, for heavens sake-fail to provide even the teensiest tug at my heart? My disappointment was magnified by the fact this film was written and directed by Lawrence Kasden. Even the only cast member I had never seen before, Ayelet Zurer, disappointed me. Not Sam Elliott, not Mark Duplass, not Elizabeth Moss. I simply expected the actors-all of whom I always enjoy and appreciate-to do like they always do and put their hearts into their parts.
Perhaps it was my expectations of the cast (not even high ones, I swear) that elicited my unexpectedly deep disappointment. Disappointment in the story line but even more so, disappointment in the cast. The only thing that increased while gathering the review elements for DARLING COMPANION was my disappointment in the film. I'll watch the trailer and think, Oh, yeah! I really did like this film! As I gather together the elements for my movie reviews-the trailer, movie poster, a featurette or two-I usually find that my fondness for the film I'm reviewing increases.