In Netflix's 'The Willoughbys,' a family is stuck at home. Choosing love sets them free

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'The Willoughbys' director Kris Pearn explains how his Netflix movie is about siblings who've spent their entire lives inside their family home together learning to choose to love one another.

” for kids, invites its audience to root for the young Willoughbys to break free without advocating that any children attempt to follow in their footsteps.” does not hide or excuse the parents’ negative behavior in any way. It rightfully calls out their neglect as abuse, and the filmmaker admits it was a tricky line to toe.“It’s a bit of a cautionary tale for the kids,” said Pearn.

“Tim is serving this idea of what it means to be a Willoughby and what it means to be in this old fashioned family,” said Pearn. “He’s trying to be a grown-up, but he doesn’t have the tools, he doesn’t have the skill. He’s never really been parented himself. How does he have models to know how to do it right?”While Tim represents the ideals of the Willoughby past, Jane represents the Willoughby future, with the Barnabys — who are more concerned about the here and now — bouncing among them.

“Jane is this optimistic character that has a hard time taking responsibility for things,” said Pearn. “There’s this hopefulness and this undying optimism that is in denial of the situation. And then in moments where you see her a bit self-aware, she immediately pulls at the heart, because you really want this kid to escape.”

“She definitely pushes her siblings to go on adventures and excursions that they normally wouldn’t go on if it weren’t for her influence,” said Grammy Award-winner Cara, who makes her acting debut as the voice of Jane. Over the course of the movie, “she just becomes so much more confident in herself and her singing, which is something she’s told she couldn’t do for so long,” said Cara. “She finally breaks out of her shell.”

 

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