Rust and Bone – 7.9

A physical cripple bonds with an emotional cripple in a movie so gritty and realistic that we overlook the implausibilities of plot. TK is a feral animal with no apparent sense of responsibility, living on instinct and the occasional stolen sandwich, locking up the worst-father-of-the-year award in his spare time. Anna is beautiful but somewhat cold, loath to become dependent, even when she loses both legs to an orca. Somehow their encounter softens them both until we reach an end where they are able to live happily ever after. The ending makes no sense. but after being put through director Jacques Audiard’s ringer for two hours, we don’t mind being eased back into the more familiar world outside.