In a little cafe just other side of the border.

Welcome to the not old better show. I'm your host,

Paul Vogel-Zang.

I watched the movie The Medler over the holiday and have to tell you this 2016

film released quietly now out everywhere online for rent is wonderful.

It's a poignant indie film written by Larena Scafaria and Susan Surrannon plays Marnie, a widow who's still grieving the loss of her husband.

He left his spouse with enough money so she'd never have to worry about much, if anything, financially again.

And so she packed up and she moved to Los Angeles to be close to her daughter.

Pathologically close.

Marnie follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting this new life.

Instead, she gets overly preoccupied with the idea of trying to fix both her daughter's life and this ever expanding circle of people's

lives that are around her.

The film though gives Susan Surandon a chance to go deep into the character of parent, a widow

who just can't stop herself from interfering in everybody else's life. It gives audiences the chance to

relish that character, Marnie Minarveni, a woman with a piercing New York by way of Jersey squawk and a desperate need to help

strangers, shop workers, and her daughter's friend whose name she can't quite recall but never mind that

won't stop Marnie from offering to bankroll this elaborate wedding ceremony on board a yacht.

Let's listen to a scene from the movie where

Marnie drops in on her daughter Lori, who's a TV screenwriter in Los Angeles, played wonderfully by Rose

Byrne, and in caring, sincere manner, yet prying, asks about helping and clearly stepping over the boundaries that are necessary

for Lori and her life.

Marty wants to console, to counsel, she wants to console to counsel.

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