Die My Love

Directed by Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love follows Jennifer Lawrence’s Grace as she suffers from loneliness and mental-health issues after moving to an isolated house with her partner (Robert Pattinson’s Jackson). Filmmaker Ramsay, armed with a script written alongside Enda Walsh and Alice Birch, delivers a slow-moving, uneventful drama that benefits from its stirring visual sensibilities and a terrific lead performance, as, in terms of the latter, Lawrence offers up an often riveting turn that elevates the proceedings and is enhanced by her chemistry with costar Pattinson – with the almost relentless squabbling between Grace and Jackson generally far more engaging and engrossing than one might’ve anticipated. And while the padded-out runtime admittedly does result in a few missteps, including a recurring (and entirely needless) emphasis on Grace’s imaginary relationship with LaKeith Stanfield’s Karl, Die My Love ultimately comes off as a compelling character study that also succeeds as a searing portrait of post-partum depression.

*** out of ****