"That's Life"

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2020)

I went into this not knowing what to expect. I was told it was a movie about mental health (which it really is), that it's a movie not too dependent on the source material (being someone who was never terribly interested in DC's comics or films, that was a major appeal to me). This review, therefore, is coming from someone who doesn't have a connection to the source material or any prior adaptations of these characters. This is my honest opinion of what happened on screen, nothing more.
This movie is more of a cautionary tale than anything. I was expecting the plot to be a little thicker with a little more substance, but it was far from disappointing. To watch this character and see everything they were going through and how society kind of turned their backs on him multiple times was a difficult thing to sit through and there were multiple times when I found myself wanting to comfort the character. It's like a big pot of water; it takes a while to get boiling but, once it does, it's satisfying to watch.
My only complaints toward the movie would be to have offered a little more of the story and to have the character portrayed a little differently at the beginning. I would've liked to have seen some earlier years of the character's life to see if they were always the way they were, and i would've preferred to see him portrayed as a totally normal person at the beginning and then slowly turn into the person he is to become instead of always being a character you can never quite feel comfortable around.
All in all, I thought it was a terrific movie.