If you could bargain with the harbinger of Death would you do it? How about telling it jokes or having conversations with it? What would you do if you found out that Death was there to take your loved one, and you thought you could prevent it? In an almost bizarre take on the take on death and its approach, Tuesday is now playing in select theaters nationwide.
The new release from A24 brings the story of Tuesday (Lola Petticrew), a young teenage girl who has a life-threatening illness, and her mother Zora (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), struggling to get by. When Death comes into the room as a parrot showing the wounds of time, she knows her time is near and bargains to not kill her until she can talk to her mom one more time. Her mother, not answering her phone continues to try to find a moment of peace and ignore reality, while Tuesday is facing her last moments. While they wait, not only does Tuesday become friends with Death and helps him out some.

Tuesday and Death tell jokes, rap together and Death even does impressions of famous people he’s visited in the past. All while they wait for Zora to come home. But neither could have anticipated what Zora does next and tries to get rid of Death so she can keep her daughter at her side.
Tuesday is an interesting look at death. What would you do to delay or stop the death of a loved one? If you could barter with Death would you? Would it be worth it to fight death to keep your loved one with you longer, if you knew that they were suffering and death would actually make it better? It’s not an easy watch if you have someone in your life who is close to death or is fighting illness. But the movie doesn’t take a very graphic approach toward death, and even the harbinger doesn’t seem as imposing once he is befriended. It will, however, make you question if you would do the same thing Zora did to save your child.
At this time Tuesday is getting a limited release in theaters.
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About Tuesday
A mother (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, in a profoundly moving performance) and her teenage daughter (Lola Petticrew) must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird. From debut filmmaker Daina O. Pusić, Tuesday is a heart-rending fairy tale about the echoes of loss and finding resilience in the unexpected.