Newman's directorial debut is about as quiet and restrained as a movie can get. With gentle exactitude, Woodward captures the wounded longing of the lead character, but is honest enough in her performance to show how quickly that can transform into an off-putting neediness or curt self-absorption. It's natural to feel sympathy for Woodward's Rachel. That shouldn't prevent us from seeing the way solitude has shaped her in problematic ways. Newman employs an elegantly unobtrusive directing style.