But you accept the upgrade, because Wiig, known best for her skills as a protean sketch comic and deadpan romantic lead, is somehow just right as the ploddingly earthbound Johanna Parry. On or about February 17, 2014, the film was in Completed status. Please send us a. Alice Munro’s short story “Hateship, Friendship, Loveship, Courtship, Marriage” (which was also the title of the 2001 collection it appeared in) shapes a complete and detailed socioeconomic world, peoples it with complex, vibrant characters, and weaves those characters into a narratively satisfying modern fairytale, all in the space of just over 50 pages. All contents © 2020 The Slate Group LLC. On or about November 1, 2012, the film was in Production status. This naïve, hardworking woman turns out to also be a steely strategist, capable of turning even the bleakest scenario around, O. Henry–style, to her own advantage. Edit Report This. Hateship, Loveship was released in 2014 on Friday, April 11, 2014 (Limited release). Join Slate Plus to continue reading, and you’ll get unlimited access to all our work—and support Slate’s independent journalism. Plot Summary + Chapters Summary and Analysis Pages 389 - 404 Pages 404 - 420 Pages 420 - 438 Free Quiz Characters Symbols and Symbolism Settings Themes and Motifs Styles Quotes. If this sounds to you like the masochistic tale of an innocent woman exploited by abusive jerks, you’re not giving either Johanna or her fellow characters enough credit. You can cancel anytime. Complications ar A wild teenage girl orchestrates a romance between her nanny and her father, who is a recovering addict. ", "One of the Top 10 Worst Movies of the year. —m7. Hateship, Loveship is an American drama film directed by Liza Johnson and written by Mark Poirier, based on the 2001 short story "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" by Alice Munro.The film stars Kristen Wiig, Hailee Steinfeld, Guy Pearce, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Nick Nolte.It premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2013. Eventually the affection-starved Johanna packs her bags and heads to the city to join her beloved, who of course has no idea what his daughter’s babysitter is doing at his apartment—but is happy to have her stay on as an unpaid cook and housekeeper, especially after he discovers in her things a stash of rolled-up bills that he can sneak money from to support his coke habit. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including Oculus, Rio 2 and Draft Day. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Hateship Loveship Kristen Wiig stars as Johanna, a simple, hard-working nanny who, because of a cruel joke, makes a decision that changes the course of her life. This story of a plain, middle-aged domestic servant who surprises herself and her employers by staking her future on an imagined epistolary romance becomes, in the end, a fable about resilience, fate, and grace. Story follows a nanny (Kristen Wiig) who is hired to care for a teenage girl (Hailee Steinfeld) whose mother has just died. Johnson’s style is low-key and determinedly unmelodramatic, with a limited use of music cues or attention-getting camera moves.