Charlie is morbidly obese. He gets regular visits from his friend and nurse Liz, who tells him to go to hospital, which he adamantly refuses.
Maybe 10 years ago, he found a boyfriend and left his wife and daughter. However, his boyfriend was disowned by his family and his church, causing his decline and eventual death. Still grieving, Charlie may be trying to eat himself to death.
With his wife having full custody, he has not seen his daughter since she was 8, but now he managed to contact her and try to reconcile with her. Given his profession of teacher of writing (via Zoom), he tries to help her with her essay.
Into the mix comes a young missionary from the very church that he caused the grief, and he has his own personal problems.
There are a couple of double meanings in the story. Charlie is obsessed with an essay about Moby Dick, and the hunt for a whale. Also, the missionary talks about end times for humanity, though Charlie could be entering into his own end times.
As befits a story that started as a stage play, the story mostly unfolds in Charlie's living room, as he spends most of his time on the couch. The cinematography, leans towards the dark, but I suppose it does set the mood. The various characters do get to vent their frustrations, at situations they find themselves in.
This is a good but depressing film, with an undercurrent of condemnation of churches who demand that their adherents stay on a narrow path of behavior.
Maybe 10 years ago, he found a boyfriend and left his wife and daughter. However, his boyfriend was disowned by his family and his church, causing his decline and eventual death. Still grieving, Charlie may be trying to eat himself to death.
With his wife having full custody, he has not seen his daughter since she was 8, but now he managed to contact her and try to reconcile with her. Given his profession of teacher of writing (via Zoom), he tries to help her with her essay.
Into the mix comes a young missionary from the very church that he caused the grief, and he has his own personal problems.
There are a couple of double meanings in the story. Charlie is obsessed with an essay about Moby Dick, and the hunt for a whale. Also, the missionary talks about end times for humanity, though Charlie could be entering into his own end times.
As befits a story that started as a stage play, the story mostly unfolds in Charlie's living room, as he spends most of his time on the couch. The cinematography, leans towards the dark, but I suppose it does set the mood. The various characters do get to vent their frustrations, at situations they find themselves in.
This is a good but depressing film, with an undercurrent of condemnation of churches who demand that their adherents stay on a narrow path of behavior.