Natural Selection

Natural Selection is not so much about sex as about communication across a vast divide.

Harris elevates the material in a way that cuts through its ugliness and leaves something truer, more genuine in its place

Self-discovery and finding true freedom are the two omnipresent themes driving the film and leading viewers to love and hate all the right characters at its conclusion.

What matters is the magical alchemy between Linda and Raymond. Or should I say the connection between Harris and O'Leary, two actors ready for every curve ball the script throws them.

It’d be easy to thread this story through with condescension, but instead, it’s modest and compassionate, a midlife awakening for a woman long out of touch with her own needs.