February Movie Pick: 'The Worst Person in the World'
In my previous article, I mentioned that I am now obliged to watch 'The Worst Person in the World' by Joachim Trier, a Danish-Norwegian filmmaker, and the writer Eskil Vogt, who were both Oscar-nominated in 2022 for this movie in the Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay categories. These two have crafted something special with this movie. I love it. I experienced a range of emotions but never quite understood why it was titled like that. I suppose everything from now on might be spoilery, so I recommend watching it before we discuss further. Throughout the movie, we follow Julie from her early twenties to her early thirties as she navigates some, I would say, pretty normal crossroads—switching career paths, partners, and locations. I feel like in the last ten years of my life, I've done much the same as her, and I was able to connect with her inner struggle. So, for me, she never became unsympathetic, even though in a few of her conversations, she ac