Comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus has collected no less than 11 Emmy Awards (eight for acting and three for production), making her the Katherine Hepburn/Meryl Streep of TV, and she has been nominated 26 times to date.

The actress’s superiority and genius are undeniable and it is somewhat ironic that she has flirted so little with cinema and has remained in the niche medium of comedy, where she dominates like a queen. It’s not just about comfort, it’s about freedom. And Julia is so perfect that her films are essentially the opposite of what we know her for when she makes us laugh: they are smaller, simple, straightforward dramas. Yes, she is incredible.

The sweet You Hurt My Feelings did not enter the major world circuit and has just arrived on the MAX platform. Don’t miss it: it’s sweet, it’s sad, it’s current and a pearl. It especially features another great performance from Julia, in a dramatic role that she navigates with comfort and brilliance.

Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a novelist and essayist, and Don (Tobias Menzies), a psychiatrist, have a long and happy marriage, but a small lie that had only the positive intention of helping ends up putting not only their union in jeopardy. crisis, but it can change all of their lives in unexpected ways.

The questions of When do we tell the truth to our partner? When is it better to lie? And what happens when you’re not sure? They gain a different perspective on everyday situations that are impossible not to identify with. After all, telling the truth – and there are moments of pure sincerity that are not positive either – could be worse?

All of this amuses and moves us in You Hurt My Feelings, especially due to the talent of Julia Louis-Dreyfus. This is the actress’s second film with screenwriter and director Nicole Holofcener, with whom she had already stood out in Enough Said, where her love interest was the unexpected James Gandolfini (in his last work).

Nicole’s clever trick is to keep plots and settings simple, as well as her dialogues, but all on point. She is sarcastic and mature, which is why Julia’s ability with “minor” issues fits perfectly. The subtext is obvious but effective: as a writer, we see that Beth survived what she called verbal abuse from her father, but lives with a passive-aggressive mother who also contributes to her emotional vulnerability. Without losing the irony, she does the same with her son under the cover of super protection, and everything she accuses Don of doing – omitting, manipulating – she does with the students themselves. Pointing fingers is easy, but here’s the fun of the film that confronts these small dramas.

No less at ease and distant than we are used to seeing him, Tobias Menzies also shines as Don, the psychiatrist in crisis. All of this adds up to make You Hurt My Feelings a little gem worth checking out.

And Julia? Well, he’s embracing yet another drama and it’s coming on Tuesday. Yes, because in theaters she prefers to bring us to tears, but she never fails to move us by laughing.

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