Director：Brendan Walsh 

Performer：Edie Falco  Jenny Berlin  Kelly Carter 

Wanda wants to take care of everyone in her life. She had little time for herself, and she had no idea what to do with it. Just saw this at the Annapolis Festival and want to watch it again immediately. This smart, witty, and consummate character study is based on Wanda (Edi Falco), a woman who gives up everything to help her family members. ..Lately, they all seem to need too much help. The title "I'll be there soon" sums up her character perfectly. What's impressive is that this movie doesn't try to belittle this kind of person. We all know this kind of person, or this person. This one will give you a lot to think about, no matter to what extent you have become a "giver" (if you are a 10 year old, you are not only neglecting yourself, but causing bad behavior and making others more dependent on you... If you are 1, chances are you are so afraid of being taken advantage of that your relationship suffers). This is a film for adults that poses the question: "How much help is too much?" on stage. Edie Falco makes you feel tired and worried, leaving the audience unable to judge her choices, which is always surprising. She's not a good idea. There are several layers of specialness to her personality, many of which are not obvious from the start. This kind of storytelling is a subtle sophistication - it's done in the face of tremendous pressure on screenwriters to create conflict and leave huge emotional signposts for the audience. Based on the reading summary, I was looking forward to a film of a different genre, one with an agenda to criticize this type of helicopter parenting and the way it can produce struggling, helpless adult children. That's certainly the subtext of the story - how does Wanda's empowering behavior affect those around her? But in the hands of director Brendan Walsh, there's so much more to the Jim Bergere drama. Early on I felt "Where is this going?" Several scenes, including a brilliant monologue by Janet Berlin as Wanda, seemed to take their time and had no discernible impact on the scenes that followed. In the end, it was clear that it was , every life moment, all the random details about Wanda's chaotic week, create a blanket so rich that it allows us to truly reflect the extraordinary. Common questions, even though these are the ones at the heart of our constant ups and downs. I can imagine that if some people watched this with their siblings, parents or their own adult children, they would have a life-changing conversation about a truly sublime production. Important, there are no buttons to push to get your emotions flowing either way, I hope it finds a loyal fan that I consider myself one.