Jillian Bell stars in Brittany Runs a Marathon, Paul Downs Colaizzo's directorial debut and the first screenings were well received by the critics and the viewers at the Sundance Festival.
And the reasons are clear, because the story is inspired on a real event and that creates an almost immediate empathy with the audience.
Brittany Runs a Marathon. A goal changes the perspective.
But what is Brittany Runs a Marathon about? Overwhelmed by a life that does not seem to have a clear path, New Yorker Brittany Forgler wanders amid the lack of love, the absence of work and endless parties.
When going to the hospital for Adderall (an amphetamine for attention deficit disorder), she comes across a new doctor who prescribes something completely revealing: start being healthy.
Little by little, her habits will begin to change, she will feel better and she will set a goal which seems unattainable at first: to run the New York marathon!
Will she make it?
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